Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/nHiʔ

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

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Noun

*nHiʔ (stem *nHaʔ-)

  1. door

Descendants

  • ⇒ Bats: ნჵაჲჸსაჼ class bd (n'ayʾsã) (< *nHaʔ- + *saᶰ)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: неӏ class jj (neˀ)
    • Ingush: ниӏ class jj (niˀ)

References

  • Imnajšvili, David S. (1977), Историко-сравнительный анализ фонетики нахских языков / ნახური ჯგუფის ენათა ფონეტიკის ისტორიულ-შედარებითი ანალიზი [Historical and comparative analysis of the phonetics of the Nakh languages] (in Russian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 168
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*mɦăʡnē”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 813: “*nɦeʔ”
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