Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ǯHala

This Proto-Nakh 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-Nakh

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁aɣl-.

Noun

*ǯHala (stem *ǯHalaj-)

1. dog

   Coordinate terms: *pħu (“male dog”), *ʒHuṭ (“female dog”)

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: жӏаьла (žˀäla)
  • Ingush: жӏали (žˀali)

References

• 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^[1], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 98: “*ǯˁalaj”