Reconstruction:Proto-Mixtec/wìxį́

This Proto-Mixtec entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mixtec

Etymology

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Adjective

*wìxį́

1. cold

Descendants

• Alcozauca Mixtec: vi̱xin
• Chayuco Mixtec: vixi
• Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: vijin
• San Juan Colorado Mixtec: vitsin
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: vījin
• Tezoatlán Mixtec: vi̱xi
• Yosondúa Mixtec: vijin

References

• Dürr, Michael (1987) “A preliminary reconstruction of the Proto-Mixtec tonal system”, in Indiana, volume 11, →DOI, pages 19–61: “59) *wìxį́ / "cold"”
• Josserand, Judy Kathryn (1983) Mixtec Dialect History, Tulane University: “124) frío / cold / *wixi̱”