Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/qaqu

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

Onomatopoeic.

Noun edit

*qaqu

pigeon

Descendants edit

Bats: ჴაუ̆ჴუ̆ class bd (qaŭqŭ)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: кхокха class bd (qoqa)
  - → Ingush: кхокха class bd (qoqa)
- Ingush: кхокх class bd (qoq)

References edit

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