Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/cħa

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

Proto-Nakh numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: *cħa

Etymology

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Reconstruction notes

With some uncertainty, but apparently in the Proto-Vainakh the glottal stop from the numeral *dHiwʔ (“four”) was generalized to this numeral (also to *ši (“two”), *qo (“three”) and *pxi (“five”)), and consequently the word form *cħaʔ was obtained. Starostin and Nikolaev suggest that the glottal stop led to the assimilatory development of the wordform in Ingush. However, apparently, a metathesis of *cħaʔ to *cʔaħ occurred, due to which the *-ħ after the vowel acquired a voicing, that is, it turned to *-ʕ, and the glottal stop after *c- was lost.

Numeral

*cħa

  1. one

Descendants

  • Bats: ცჰ̡ა (ch̡a)
  • Vainakh:

References

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