Teosinte

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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.
Nahuatl sin/sen "maize" comes from PCN *sɨnɨ from PSUA *sunu "maize".

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