Where does “ouaatl” come from?

ouaatl (Western Huasteca Nahuatl) comes from Western Huasteca Nahuatl atl, from Classical Nahuatl ātl, from Proto-Nahuan *aa-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa — water.

ouaatl (Western Huasteca Nahuatl): sugar cane juice

Definitions

  1. sugar cane juice

Ancestry of “ouaatl”, step by step

ouaatl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Western Huasteca Nahuatl atl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Western Huasteca Nahuatlatlwater
2Classical NahuatlātlAlternative spelling of atl; water
3Proto-Nahuan*aa-water
4Proto-Uto-Aztecanpawater

via Western Huasteca Nahuatl ouatl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Western Huasteca Nahuatlouatlsugar cane
Every word from Proto-Uto-Aztecan pa →Every word from Proto-Nahuan *aa- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl ātl →