Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/c̣egi

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

From *c̣eg- (“red”) +‎ *-i.

Noun

*c̣egi (stem *c̣egi-)

blood

Related terms

adjectives

*c̣egeᶰ (“red”)

Descendants

Bats: წეჲგი̆ class dd (c̣eygĭ)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: цӏий class dd (cʼii)
- Ingush: цӏий class dd (cʼii)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*c̣ēgi”
Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 81: “*c̣ij-”