Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/xešt

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

*xešt

1. otter

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: хешт class dd (xešt)
  • Ingush: хешт class dd (xešt)

References

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