Reconstruction:Proto-Avaro-Andian/hoƛ’u

This Proto-Avaro-Andian 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-Avaro-Andian

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Tsezian *ʕoƛ.

Numeral

*hoƛ’u

  1. seven

Descendants

  • Avar:
    • Avar: анкьго (ankkˡʼgo)
      • Zakatala dialect: анкӏʼгу (ankʼʼgu)
      • Kusur dialect: айнсӏсӏгу (ajnsʼsʼgu)
  • Andic:
    • Andi: гьокьугу (hokkˡʼugu)
    • Akhvakh-Tindi:
      • Akhvakh: акьуда (akkˡʼuda)
      • Karata-Tindi:
        • Karata: гьакьуда (haƛ̣ƛ̣uda)
        • Botlikh-Tindi:
          • Botlikh: гьакьуда (hakkˡʼuda)
          • Godoberi: гьакьуда (hakkˡʼuda)
          • Chamalal: акьуда (akkˡʼuda)
          • Bagvalal-Tindi:
            • Bagvalal: гьакьуда (hakkˡʼuda)
            • Tindi: гьакьуйа (hakkˡʼuja)

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*hoƛ̣:u”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • Comrie, Bernard, Khalilov, Madzhid (2010) Словарь языков и диалектов народов Северного Кавказа: Сопоставление основной лексики [The Dictionary of languages and dialects of the peoples of the Northern Caucasus: Comparison of the basic lexicon], Leipzig and Makhachkala: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, § 13.70, page 601