Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/qaqu

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

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*qaqu

pigeon

Descendants

Bats: ჴაუ̆ჴუ̆ class bd (qaŭqŭ)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: кхокха class bd (qoqa)
  - → Ingush: кхокха class bd (qoqa)
- Ingush: кхокх class bd (qoq)

References

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