maxtlatl etymology

[ANTHONY APPLEYARD]

Could it be merely a coincidence? Lack of voiced plosives in Nahuatl makes for less choice of possible word syllables. Linguistic coincidences happen: e.g. Nahuatl teotl = Greek theos = god.

Citlalyani.

--- On Wed, 16/2/11, Magnus Pharao Hansen <magnuspharao at gmail.com> wrote:
Listeros:
I think I can get a decent derivation of  a root maxa to maxtlatl, but it requires a weird, although not impossible derivation, and it doesn't explain how it would have come to mean fox. ...



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