Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ciciḳ
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From interjectional origin associated with addressing a wild cat and a diminutive suffix. Compare etymology Hungarian cica (“kitten”), where the diminutive suffix is also used.
Noun
[edit]*ciciḳ
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*c̣ic”