Where does “yka kī” come from?

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

yka kī (Zacatepec Chatino): flute

Definitions

  1. flute

Ancestry of “yka kī”, step by step

yka 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 yka

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