Reconstruction:Proto-Tsezian/ɬ:ɨn

This Proto-Tsezian 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-Tsezian

Alternative reconstructions

• *λːɨ̃

Etymology

From Proto-Northeast Caucasian *ɬ:ɔn.

Noun

*ɬ:ɨn class 4

1. water

Descendants

• East Tsezian:
  • Bezhta:
    • Bezhta Bezhta: лъи (lˢi)
    • Khoshar-Khota Bezhta: лъи (lˢi)
    • Tlyadal Bezhta: лъи (lˢi)
  • Hunzib: лъыᵸ (λɨ̃), лъәᵸ (λə̃) (rare)
• West Tsezian:
  • Hinukh: лъе (λe)
  • Khvarshi-Tsez:
    • Khvarshi:
      • Inkhokwari Khvarshi: лъоᵸ (λõ) (archaic), лъо (λo) (modern)
      • Khvarshi Khvarshi: лъаᵸ (λã) (archaic), лъа (λa) (modern)
      • Kwantlada Khvarshi: лъо (λo)
    • Tsez:
      • Kidero Tsez: лъи (λi)
      • Sagada Tsez: лъи (λi)

References

• 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 143: “*χi”