Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/daHeCḳ

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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Cognates include Lak ттаркӏ (t:arkʼ).

Reconstruction notes

The reconstruction of the ejective *ḳ is based on the form that is presented in Uslar's work.

Noun

*daHeCḳ (stem *daHeCḳ-)

1. bone

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: даьӏахк class jj (däˀaxk), деӏэхк class jj (deˀexk) — Cheberloi, даьӏарк class jj (däˀark) — Itumkala
  • Ingush: тӏехк class jj (tʼexk)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*d(e)ʡeχk (̃-ḳ)”
• Uslar, Peter von (1888) Этнография Кавказа. Языкознание. II. Чеченский язык [Ethnography of the Caucasus. Linguistics. II. The Chechen language] (in Russian), Tiflis: Printing house of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the civil unit in the Caucasus, page 48