Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/mac̣ariᶰ

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

From an oblique stem *mac̣- (“honey”) +‎ *-ariᶰ.

Adjective

*mac̣ariᶰ

1. sweet

Derived terms

nouns

• *mac̣arol (“sweetness”)

verbs

• *mac̣ardaᶰ (“to sweeten, to make sweet”)

Descendants

• Bats: მაწრიჼ (mac̣rĩ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: мерза (merza)
  • Ingush: мерза (merza)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*miʒ̲V”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*mac̣-ri-n”