Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ča

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

Etymology 1

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Noun

*ča

1. bear

Descendants

• Bats: ჩა class bd (ča)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: ча class jj (ča)
  • Ingush: ча class jj (ča)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*ča”
• Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 235: “*ča”

This Proto-Nakh entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Etymology 2

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Noun

*ča

1. straw

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: ча class dd (ča)
  • Ingush: ча class d (ča)