Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ǯiǯi
Proto-Nakh
Etymology
From nursery language. But it is also possibly related to *ǯa (“flock of sheep”), *ǯelo (“sheep barn”) and *ǯe (“ewe”).
Noun
*ǯiǯi (stem *ǯiǯi-)
Descendants
References
- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*ǯiǯ-iḳ”