Where does “naʔã kī” come from?

naʔã kī (Zacatepec Chatino) comes from Proto-Germanic kī-, from Proto-Indo-European gī- — to sing, to call, to shout.

naʔã kī (Zacatepec Chatino): hut

Definitions

  1. hut

Ancestry of “naʔã kī”, step by step

naʔã kī traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic kī-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickī-to split open, germinate, sprout
2Proto-Indo-Europeangī-to sing, to call, to shout

via Zacatepec Chatino naʔã

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zacatepec Chatinonaʔã—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gī- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kī- →