Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/naana

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

From nursery language.

Noun

*naana

1. mother

   Coordinate terms: *daada (“father”), *wašo (“brother”), *jašo (“sister”)

Descendants

• Bats: ნა̄ნ class jd (nān)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: на̄на class jb (naana)
  • Ingush: на̄на class jb (naana)

References

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