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Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/tuxi

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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Noun

*tuxi

  1. salt

Descendants
  • Bats: თუჲხი̆ class dd (tuyxĭ)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: туьха class dd (tüxa)
    • Ingush: тух class dd (tux) (< obl. *tux-)

References
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*tuχe”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 187: “*tuχV-”
  • 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 107: “*tuxe ~ *tuxi”
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