Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/joq̇

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

Alternative reconstructions

*jobq̇ (Nikolaev, Starostin; Starostin Jr.; Schrijver)

Etymology

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Noun

*joq̇ (stem *abq̇ar-)

ash, ashes

Descendants

Bats: ჲოპყ class jj (yoṗq̇) (< oblique *abq̇-ar-)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: йукъ class jj (juqʼ) (< oblique *abq̇-ar-)
- Ingush: йокъ class jj (joqʼ)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*jobq̇”
Starostin, George (2011) “Annotated Swadesh wordlists for the Nakh group (North Caucasian family)”, in The Global Lexicostatistical Database‎^[2], section 2, page 8
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^[3], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 136: “*jobqʾ”