Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/bsṭu

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

Etymology

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Noun

*bsṭu (stem *bsṭu-)

bull

Descendants

Bats: ფსტუ class bd (psṭu)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: сту class bb (stu)
- Ingush: уст class bd (ust)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*psṭu”
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 140: “*ust or *stu, O *pstar-”