Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/doḳ

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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Cognates include Proto-Tsezian *rɔḳʷə, Proto-Avaro-Andian *rɔḳʷǝ and isolate Lak дакӏ (dakʼ).

Noun

*doḳ (stem *daḳ-)

  1. heart

Descendants

  • Bats: დოკ class dd (doḳ)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: дог class dd (dog)
    • Ingush: дог class dd (dog)

References

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