Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/musṭiᶰ

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Reconstructions note

In Vainakh, the combination *sṭ gives *st, not *sd.

Adjective

*musṭiᶰ

1. sour

Descendants

• Bats: მუსტიჼ (musṭĩ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: муьста (müsta)
  • Ingush: миста (mista)

References

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