Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/laači

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

Compare with Proto-Turkic *lāčïn (“falcon”); Lak лачин (lačin, “falcon”); Avar лаче́н (lačén, “falcon”).

Noun

*laači

1. falcon

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: ле̄ча (leeča)
  • Ingush: лаьча (läča)

References

• 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^[1], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 101: “*laːči”