Reconstruction:Proto-Northeast Caucasian/mɔRc̣c̣i ~ mɨRc̣c̣i

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This Proto-Northeast Caucasian 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-Northeast Caucasian

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Noun

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*mɔRc̣c̣i ~ mɨRc̣c̣i

  1. tongue

Descendants

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  • *mɔRc̣c̣i
    • Proto-Avaro-Andian: *mɔc̣c̣i (see there for further descendants)
    • Lak: маз (maz)
    • Proto-Nakh: *moṭṭ (see there for further descendants)
  • *mɨRc̣c̣i (< oblique *mɨRc̣c̣-)
    • Proto-Dargwa: *melcci (see there for further descendants)
    • Khinalug: мицӏ (mic̣)
    • Proto-Lezghian: *melcc (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Tsezian: *mɨc (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers:*mĕlc̣_ĭ
  • Nichols, Johanna (2003) “The Nakh-Daghestanian consonant correspondences”, in Dee Ann Holisky, Kevin Tuite, editors, Current Trends in Caucasian, East European and Inner Asian Linguistics: Papers in honor of Howard I. Aronson, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →DOI, page 261:#maʒ-i