Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/bHorc̣

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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Cognates include Proto-Tsezian *bɔc̣ǝ, Proto-Avaro-Andian *bɔc̣ɔ and isolate Lak барцӏ (barcʼ).

Noun

*bHorc̣

wolf

Descendants

Bats: ბჵორწ class bd (b'orc̣)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: борз class jj (borz)
- Ingush: борз class jj (borz)

References

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