Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/pšel

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

Derived from *pša (“ice”).

Noun

*pšel (stem *pšel-)

1. cold

Derived terms

• *pšeliᶰ (“cold”) (adj.)

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • ⇒ Chechen: шелдан (šeldan, “to cool”)
  • ⇒ Ingush: шелде (šelde, “to cool”)
• Bats: ფშელ (pšel)

References

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