Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/daale

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

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

Noun

*daale (stem *daale-)

1. god

Descendants

• Bats: დალ class vb (dal), დალე̆ (dalĕ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: де̄ла class vb (deela)
  • Ingush: да̄ьла class vb (dääla)

Unsorted borrowings

• → Georgian: დალი (dali, “Dali (hunting goddess)”)
• → Svan: და̈ლ (däl, “Dali (hunting goddess)”), დალ (dal), დუ̂ა̈ლ (dûäl), დუ̂ალ (dûal)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*dāli”