Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/maaqi

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

Derived from *muq (“barley”), cf. *mac̣riᶰ (“sweet”).

Noun

*maaqi

barley bread
1. → bread

Descendants

Bats: მაჲჴი̆ class jj (mayqĭ)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: ме̄кха class jj (meeqa) (dialectal)
- Ingush: маькх class jj (mäq)

References

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

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