Reconstruction:Proto-Tsezian/ɬ:ɨn

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

Alternative reconstructions

*λːɨ̃[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Northeast Caucasian *ɬ:ɔn.

Noun

*ɬ:ɨn class 4

water

Descendants

East Tsezian:
- Bezhta:
  - Bezhta Bezhta: лъи (lˢi)
  - Khoshar-Khota Bezhta: лъи (lˢi)
  - Tlyadal Bezhta: лъи (lˢi)
- Hunzib: лъыᵸ (λɨ̃), лъәᵸ (λə̃) (rare)
West Tsezian:
- Hinukh: лъе (λe)
- Khvarshi-Tsez:
  - Khvarshi:
    - Inkhokwari Khvarshi: лъоᵸ (λõ) (archaic), лъо (λo) (modern)
    - Khvarshi Khvarshi: лъаᵸ (λã) (archaic), лъа (λa) (modern)
    - Kwantlada Khvarshi: лъо (λo)
  - Tsez:
    - Kidero Tsez: лъи (λi)
    - Sagada Tsez: лъи (λi)

References

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 143: “*χi”

Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*x_ä̆nɦɨ̆”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

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