Where does “tezontle” come from?

tezontle (Spanish) comes from Classical Nahuatl tetzontli, from Classical Nahuatl tetl, from Proto-Nahuan tetl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan tïn — rock, stone.

tezontle (Spanish): tezontle

Definitions

  1. tezontle

Ancestry of “tezontle”, step by step

tezontle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Nahuatl tetzontli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatltetzontli—
2Classical Nahuatltetlrock, stone; egg
3Proto-Nahuantetlstone, rock
4Proto-Uto-Aztecantïnrock, stone

via Nahuatl tetzontli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nahuatltetzontli—
2Nahuatltetlstone

Words derived from “tezontle”

Every word from Proto-Uto-Aztecan tïn →Every word from Proto-Nahuan tetl →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tetl →