[Aztlan] Exact location of Aztlan

[John F. Schwaller]

While traditional scholarship has asserted this etymology for Chichimeca,
more recent analysis looking at vowel length has determined that it cannot
be the case.  Rather the "chichi" part of the name is related to the verb
meaning to suck or suckle.  Consequently Chichimeca means something more
closely related to "those who suckle"


> Estimados colegas,
>
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>  >   Fourth, Chichimec is commonly translated as ‘lineage of dogs’. This
> recalls an origin story for the (Siouan) Hidatsa Dog Soldier societies
in the northern Plains.


-- 
John F. Schwaller
President,
SUNY Potsdam
44 Pierrepont Ave.
Potsdam, NY  13676
schwallr at potsdam.edu




-- 
John F. Schwaller
President,
SUNY Potsdam
44 Pierrepont Ave.
Potsdam, NY  13676
schwallr at potsdam.edu