Where does “lkaʔ kita” come from?

lkaʔ kita (Zacatepec Chatino) comes from Zacatepec Chatino lkaʔ, from Proto-Chatino *lakaʔ, from Proto-Zapotecan *llakaʔ, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(n)kʷa(h)(ʔ)(n)³.

lkaʔ kita (Zacatepec Chatino): tobacco

Definitions

  1. tobacco

Ancestry of “lkaʔ kita”, step by step

lkaʔ kita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zacatepec Chatino lkaʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zacatepec Chatinolkaʔleaf
2Proto-Chatino*lakaʔleaf
3Proto-Zapotecan*llakaʔ—
4Proto-Oto-Manguean*(n)kʷa(h)(ʔ)(n)³—

via Zacatepec Chatino kita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zacatepec Chatinokitadust
Every word from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(n)kʷa(h)(ʔ)(n)³ →Every word from Proto-Zapotecan *llakaʔ →Every word from Proto-Chatino *lakaʔ →