Reconstruction:Proto-Andian/rɔḳʷɔ

This Proto-Andian 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-Andian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Avaro-Andian *rɔḳʷɔ.

Noun

*rɔḳʷɔ class 3

heart

Descendants

Akhvakh: ракӏва́ class 3 (rakʼvá)
Andi: рокӏво class 3 (rokʼvo)
Bagvalal: ра́кӏва class 3 (rákʼva)
Botlikh: ра́кӏва class 3 (rákʼwa)
Chamalal: йа̀кӏва class 3 (jàkʼva), ракӏа́ (rakʼá)
Godoberi: ракӏва́ class 3
Karata: ракӏва́ class 3
Tindi: ра́кӏва class 3

References

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