Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ḳaacxul

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.

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Proto-Nakh

Etymology

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Noun

*ḳaacxul (stem *ḳaacxul-)

1. thorn

Descendants

• Bats: კარცხილ class dd (ḳarcxil, “hornbeam”)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: кӏохцал class dd (kʼoxcal)
  • Ingush: кӏарцхал class dd (kʼarcxal)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2007) “*ḳarcxol-”, in Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 438