Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/gaazaᶰ

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.

This Proto-Nakh entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Nakh

Etymology

According to Bjørn, from the same source as Proto-Semitic *gady-, Proto-Berber *a-ɣăyd, Proto-Germanic *gaits and Proto-Italic *haidos.[1][2]

Noun

*gaazaᶰ

goat

Descendants

Bats: გაზაჼ class bd (gazã)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: га̄за class jj (gaaza)
- Ingush: га̄за class jj (gaaza)

References

Bjørn, Rasmus (2017) Foreign elements in the Proto-Indo-European vocabulary. A comparative loanword study‎, Master's thesis, University of Copenhagen, pages 56–57
Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gait-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163

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[1] Bjørn, Rasmus (2017) Foreign elements in the Proto-Indo-European vocabulary. A comparative loanword study‎, Master's thesis, University of Copenhagen, pages 56–57

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gait-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163