Reconstruction:Proto-Avaro-Andian/bɔc̣ɔ

This Proto-Avaro-Andian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Avaro-Andian

Etymology

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Cognates include Proto-Tsezian *bɔc̣ǝ, Proto-Nakh *bHorc̣ and isolate Lak барцӏ (barcʼ).

Noun

*bɔc̣ɔ

1. wolf

Descendants

• Proto-Andian: *bɔc̣ɔ (see there for further descendants)
• Avar: бацӏ (bacʼ)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*boc̣o”
• Schrijver, Peter (2021) “A history of the vowel systems of the Nakh languages (East Caucasian), with special reference to umlaut in Chechen and Ingush”, in Languages of the Caucasus‎^[2], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 136: “*bͻcʾ in Av. bacʾ G bácʾil, And. bocʾo”