Reconstruction:Proto-Tsezian/mɨc

This Proto-Tsezian 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-Tsezian

Etymology

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Cognates include Proto-Avaro-Andian *mɔc̣c̣i and Proto-Nakh *moṭṭ and isolates Lak маз (maz), Khinalug мицӏ (mic̣).

Noun

*mɨc class 3

1. tongue
2. language

Descendants

• East Tsezian:
  • Bezhta: миц class 3 (mic)
  • Hunzib: мыц class 3 (mɨc)
• West Tsezian:
  • Hinukh: мец class 3 (mec)
  • Khvarshi: мец class 3 (mec), мыц (mɨc)
  • Tsez: мец class 3 (mec)

References

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