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Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/joq̇

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • (Nikolaev, Starostin; Schrijver) *jobq̇

Etymology

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Noun

*joq̇

  1. ash, ashes

Descendants
  • Bats: ჲოპყ class jj (yoṗq̇) (< oblique *abq̇-ar-)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: йукъ class jj (juqʼ) (< oblique *abq̇-ar-)
    • Ingush: йокъ class jj (joqʼ)

References
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*jobq̇”
  • 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 136: “*jobqʾ”
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