Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/jett

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

*jett

1. cow

Descendants

• Bats: ჲეთთ (yett)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: етт (jett)
  • Ingush: етт (jett)

Derived terms

• *dettaᶰ (“to milk”)

References

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