Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/sṭu

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.

This Proto-Nakh entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Nakh

Etymology

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Noun

*sṭu

1. wife

Descendants

• Bats: ფსტუ class jd (psṭu)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: стӯ class bb (stuu) (< *sṭub)
  • Ingush: сув class jb (suv) (< *sṭub)

Unsorted borrowings

• →⇒ Old Georgian: სტუმარი (sṭumari, “guest”) (see there for further descendants)

References

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