Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/aarc̣iw

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

Borrowed from Old Georgian არწივი (arc̣ivi, “eagle”).

Noun

*aarc̣iw (stem *aarc̣iw-)

  1. eagle

Descendants

  • Bats: არწივ class dd (arc̣iv)
  • Vainakh:

Further reading

  • Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, pages 584–585
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ʔārc̣iw”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
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