Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/maskul

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.

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Proto-Nakh

Etymology

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Reconstruction notes

Perhaps, according to clusters Godoberi -скк-, -скӏ-, Chamalal -сск- (-ssk-) and Tindi -скӏ-, the shape should be reconstructed as Proto-Nakh *masḳul. Due to the lack of a form of the Bats language, it is impossible to say this for sure. It is also known that Proto-Nakh clusters *-sṭ- and *-st- merge into one *-st-.

Noun

*maskul (stem *maskul-)

1. turkey

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: москал class jj (moskal)
  • Ingush: москал class jj (moskal)
  • → Chamalal: ма́сскул (másskul) (Gakvari), маску́ (maskú) (Gigatl)
    • →⇒ Tindi: маскӏо́о̄ча
  • → Godoberi: ма́скку, ма́скӏул (Zibirhali)
    • → Botlikh: маску́ (maskú)