< Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh

Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/musṭiᶰ

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Reconstructions note

In Vainakh, the combination *sṭ gives *st, not *sd.

Adjective

*musṭiᶰ

  1. sour

Descendants
  • Bats: მუსტიჼ (musṭĩ)
  • Vainakh:

References
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*musṭi-n”
  • 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, volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 107: “*mustʾiᶰ”
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