Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/moṭṭ

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.

Proto-Nakh

Etymology

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Cognates include Proto-Tsezian *mɨc and Proto-Avaro-Andian *mɔc̣c̣i and isolates Lak маз (maz), Khinalug мицӏ (mic̣).

Noun

*moṭṭ

1. tongue
2. language

Descendants

• Bats: მოტტ class bd (moṭṭ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: мотт class bd (mott)
  • Ingush: мотт class bd (mott)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*moṭṭ”
• 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^[2], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 132: “*motʾtʾ”