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

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:
      • Tsez:

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”
  1. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*ʎ:ɨ̃ B”
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