Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/-ne

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.

This Proto-Nakh entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Nakh

Alternative forms

*-na (Nichols 2011: 58; Schrijver 2021: 109)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

*-ne

The dative marker.

Descendants

Bats: -ნ (-n)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: -на (-na)
- Ingush: -а̄ (-aa), -на (-na)

Derived terms

Category Proto-Nakh terms suffixed with *-ne not found

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*-nV”
Nichols, Johanna B. (2011) Ingush Grammar‎^[2], volume 143 (in English), Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 58: “*-na”
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^[3], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 109: “Dsg. *baqʾona 'foal'”