Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/marxo

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 edit

Etymology edit

According to Nikolaev / Starostin, inherited from Proto-Northeast Caucasian, with such cognates as Tabasaran мархь (marx), Lezgi марф (marf), Dargwa марка (marka, “rain”).

Note also Georgian მარახული (maraxuli), Old Armenian մառախուղ (maṙaxuł).

Noun edit

*marxo

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Descendants edit

Vainakh:
- Chechen: марха (marxa)
- Ingush: морх (morx)

References edit

Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2021) “Kartul-naxuri leksiḳuri ṗaralelebi [Georgian–Nakh Lexical Similarities]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XVIII, Tbilisi, page 24 of 19–26
Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*mărƛwĂ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, pages 795–796
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Starostin, George (2011) “Annotated Swadesh wordlists for the Nakh group (North Caucasian family)”, in The Global Lexicostatistical Database‎^[2], section 14