Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/abˤaɡá

This Proto-Northwest Caucasian 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-Northwest Caucasian

Noun

*a-bˤaɡá[1][2]

jackal
fox

Descendants

Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza: *abagá[3][2]
- Abaza: бага (baga, “fox”)
- Abkhaz: а́бга (ábga, “wolf”)
Proto-Circassian: *baǵá[2]
- Adyghe: баджэ (badžɛ, “fox”)
  - → Ubykh: baǯ́á (“fox”)
- Kabardian: бажэ (bažɛ, “fox”)
Ubykh: б'агьашә (ḅagʲaŝʷ, “jackal”)[2]

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*bHV̆rgĂ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
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Dybo, V. A., Николаев, С. А., Starostin, S. A. (2007) “A tonological hypothesis of the origin of paradigmatic accent systems”, in Starostin, G. S., editor, Trudy po jazykoznaniju [Proceedings in Linguistics]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Jazyki slavjanskix kulʹtur, →ISBN, page 31: “b(a̠)ga̠ ‘fox’”

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

[CWC-2] {The template Template:R:cau-nwc:CWC does not use the parameter(s): head=*bagá
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) Common West Caucasian: The Reconstruction of its Phonological System and Parts of its Lexicon and Morphology, Leiden: Research School CNWS, →ISBN, page 361: “*bagá”

[3] Dybo, V. A., Николаев, С. А., Starostin, S. A. (2007) “A tonological hypothesis of the origin of paradigmatic accent systems”, in Starostin, G. S., editor, Trudy po jazykoznaniju [Proceedings in Linguistics]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Jazyki slavjanskix kulʹtur, →ISBN, page 31: “b(a̠)ga̠ ‘fox’”