Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/c̣e

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.

Proto-Nakh

Etymology 1

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Noun

*c̣e (stem *c̣ar-)

name

Descendants

Bats: წე class jj (c̣e)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: цӏе class jj (cʼe)
- Ingush: цӏи class jj (cʼi)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*ʒ̱wĕrhɨ̆”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 1096: “*c̣e”

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*c̣e (stem *c̣ar-)

fire

Descendants

Bats: წე class jj (c̣e)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: цӏе class jj (cʼe)
- Ingush: цӏи class jj (cʼi)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*c̣ăjɨ̆”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 354‒355: “*c̣e”