Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/dHaaxeᶰ

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

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

Reconstructions note

This adjective is changed according to the grammatical classes.

Adjective

*d-Haaxeᶰ

1. long

Descendants

• Bats: დახხეჼ (daxxẽ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: де̄ха (deexa)
  • Ingush: дӏа̄ьха (dˀääxa)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*=ʕāχ-(in)”
• 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 101: “*=ˁaːχeᶰ”