Where does “téñe” come from?

téñe (Teojomulco Chatino) comes from Proto-Chatino *tènè, from Proto-Zapotecan *tyene, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ni(n) — blood.

téñe (Teojomulco Chatino): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “téñe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chatino*tènèblood
2Proto-Zapotecan*tyeneblood
3Proto-Oto-Manguean*ni(n)blood
Every word from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ni(n) →Every word from Proto-Zapotecan *tyene →Every word from Proto-Chatino *tènè →