Reconstruction:Proto-Lezghian/melc:
Proto-Lezghian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Northeast Caucasian *mĕlc̣_ĭ.
Noun
edit*melc:
Descendants
edit- Aghul: мез (mez)
- Archi: мац (mac)
- Budukh: мез (mez)
- Kryts: мез, маьз
- Lezgi: мез (mez)
- Rutul: миз
- Tabasaran: милз (milz), мелз (melz)
- Tsakhur: миз
- Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔵 (muz)
- Udi: муз (muz)
Further reading
edit- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*mĕlc̣_ĭ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers