[Aztlan] Chichimecs

[ANTHONY APPLEYARD]

--- "R. Joe Campbell" <campbel at indiana.edu> wrote:
> The discussion on Aztlan about the origin of "Chichimeca" seemed to
> be of interest to Nahuat-l-eros, so I am copying to y'all.
>   chichi , mo-.  it is sucked.  b.10 f.7
>   chichi , qui-.  it suckles.  b.10 f.7
> ...

The connection between the Chichimecs and suckling may be remote. A
similar example in the Old World is the connection between the Fatimid
Arab dynasty (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatimid ) and the Arabic
word root [f-t-m] = "to wean": the Fatimids were descended from
Muhammad the prophet's daughter Fa_tima, and her name is Arabic for
"she who weans".

Citlalyani.

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