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The word '''teosinte''' (''Zea perennis'', first attested in English 1877, in Spanish 1790 ([[Haugen, Jason D. 2009. Borrowed borrowings: Nahuatl loan words in English. Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, (3).|Haugen 2009]]), but first as teocintli in 1590) comes from Nahuatl. Eastern Nahuatl has ''teo:sintli'', Western Nahuatl ''teo:sentli'', derived from ''[[teo:]]-'' "deity, divine, of the sun" and ''[[sin]]-/[[sen]]''- "maize". | The word '''teosinte''' (''Zea perennis'', first attested in English 1877, in Spanish 1790 ([[Haugen, Jason D. 2009. Borrowed borrowings: Nahuatl loan words in English. Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, (3).|Haugen 2009]]), but first as teocintli in 1590) comes from Nahuatl. Eastern Nahuatl has ''teo:sintli'', Western Nahuatl ''teo:sentli'', derived from ''[[teo:]]-'' "deity, divine, of the sun" and ''[[sin]]-/[[sen]]''- "maize". | ||
* Nahuatl ''teo:''- may come from proto-Corachol-Nahua ''tɨ-yaw'' "our father" used in reference to the sun. | * Nahuatl ''teo:''- may come from proto-Corachol-Nahua ''tɨ-yaw'' "our father" used in reference to the sun ([[Pharao Hansen, Magnus, and Christophe Helmke. 2019. Tracing the Introduction of Gold to Mesoamerica Through Linguistic Evidence. Contributions to New World Archaeology 13: 113-136.|Pharao Hansen & Helmke 2019]]). | ||
* Nahuatl ''sin''/''sen'' "maize" comes from PCN *[[sɨnɨ]] from PSUA *[[sunu]] "maize". | * Nahuatl ''sin''/''sen'' "maize" comes from PCN *[[sɨnɨ]] from PSUA *[[sunu]] "maize". | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:46, 29 January 2026
The word teosinte (Zea perennis, first attested in English 1877, in Spanish 1790 (Haugen 2009), but first as teocintli in 1590) comes from Nahuatl. Eastern Nahuatl has teo:sintli, Western Nahuatl teo:sentli, derived from teo:- "deity, divine, of the sun" and sin-/sen- "maize".
- Nahuatl teo:- may come from proto-Corachol-Nahua tɨ-yaw "our father" used in reference to the sun (Pharao Hansen & Helmke 2019).
- Nahuatl sin/sen "maize" comes from PCN *sɨnɨ from PSUA *sunu "maize".
How to cite:
Pharao Hansen, Magnus. 2026. Teosinte. In SUALEX: A Southern Uto-Aztecan Etymological Dictionary. https://sualex.cenzontle.org/index.php?title=Teosinte (accessed 20 April 2026).