Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/wHaartadu

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.

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Proto-Nakh

Etymology

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Noun

*wHaartadu (stem *wHaartad-)

neck

Descendants

Vainakh:
- Chechen: ворта class jj (vorta), вартаду class jj (vartadu) — Cheberloi
- Ingush: фоарт class jj (foart)

References

Starostin, George (2011) “Annotated Swadesh wordlists for the Nakh group (North Caucasian family)”, in The Global Lexicostatistical Database‎^[1], section 58, page 29
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 123: “voartu/foart 'neck' < *vaːrtu”