Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ḳeč̣

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

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Noun

*ḳeč̣

1. wool, hair

Descendants

• Bats: კეჭ class jj (ḳeč̣)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: кӏа̄жар class jj (kʼaažar) (< oblique *ḳaač̣-ar-)
  • Ingush: кӏеж class jj (kʼež)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*kwīnc̣̱wV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 708: “*ḳēč̣”