Where does “atl” come from?

atl (Temascaltepec Nahuatl) comes from Proto-Nahuan aatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa — water.

atl (Temascaltepec Nahuatl): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “atl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nahuanaatlwater
2Proto-Uto-Aztecanpawater
Every word from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa →Every word from Proto-Nahuan aatl →