Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/c̣egeᶰ

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

From *c̣eg- (“red”) +‎ *-eᶰ.

Adjective

*c̣egeᶰ

  1. red
nouns

Descendants

  • Bats: წეგეჼ (c̣egẽ)
  • Vainakh:

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*c̣ēge-(n)”
  • Schrijver, Peter (2021) “A history of the vowel systems of the Nakh languages (East Caucasian), with special reference to umlaut in Chechen and Ingush”, in Languages of the Caucasus‎[2], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 88: “*cʾiegeᶰ, cf. Batsbi cʾegeᶰ”
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