Where does “dzitnindudziya” come from?

dzitnindudziya (Teposcolula Mixtec) comes from Teposcolula Mixtec dzitni, from Proto-Mixtec *sitįʔ — nose.

dzitnindudziya (Teposcolula Mixtec): nipple

Definitions

  1. nipple

Ancestry of “dzitnindudziya”, step by step

dzitnindudziya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Teposcolula Mixtec dzitni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teposcolula Mixtecdzitninose
2Proto-Mixtec*sitįʔnose

via Teposcolula Mixtec dudziya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teposcolula Mixtecdudziyabreast milk
2Teposcolula Mixtec-yaForms reverential terms
Every word from Proto-Mixtec *sitįʔ →Every word from Teposcolula Mixtec dzitni →