Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/aarc̣iw

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 Old Georgian არწივი (arc̣ivi, “eagle”).

Noun

*aarc̣iw (stem *aarc̣iw-)

1. eagle

Descendants

• Bats: არწივ class dd (arc̣iv)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: а̄ьрзӯ class jj/dj/dd (äärzuu)
  • Ingush: а̄ьрзӣ class dd (äärzii)

Further reading

• Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, pages 584–585
• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ʔārc̣iw”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers