Reconstruction:Proto-Tsezian/rɔḳʷə

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

Etymology

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Cognates include Proto-Avaro-Andian *rɔḳʷɔ, Proto-Nakh *doḳ and isolate Lak дакӏ (dakʼ).

Noun

*rɔḳʷə class 4

1. heart

Descendants

• East Tsezian:
  • Bezhta: йакӏо (jakʼo), ракӏо (rakʼo)
  • Hunzib: ра̇кӏу (råḳu)
• West Tsezian:
  • Hinukh: рокӏве (rok’ʷe), рокӏе (rok’e)
  • Khvarshi: локӏва (lok’va), локӏо (lok’o)
  • Tsez: рокӏви (rok’vi), рокӏу (rok’u)

References

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