Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/pšeliᶰ

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 *pšel (“cold”).

Adjective

*pšeliᶰ

1. cold

Descendants

• Bats: ფშელიჼ (pšelĩ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: шийла (šiı̇la)
  • Ingush: шийла (šiı̇la)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*pšē-li-(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 105: “*pšeliᶰ”