< Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh

Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/xеᶰ

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

*xеᶰ

  1. tree

Descendants
  • Bats: ხეჼ class bd (xẽ)
    • → Old Georgian: ხე (xe)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: хен class bd (xen)
    • Ingush: хи class bd (xi)

References
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*χēn”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 212–213: “*χe-”
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