Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/maaqi

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

Derived from *muq (“barley”), cf. *mac̣ariᶰ (“sweet”).

Noun

*maaqi (stem *maaqi-)

  1. barley bread
    1. → bread

Descendants

  • Bats: მაჲჴი̆ class jj (mayqĭ)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: ме̄кха class jj (meeqa) (dialectal)
    • Ingush: маькх class jj (mäq)

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*mūq”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “The oblique stem *māqi used as direct ("barley's, stemming from barley") is used in the meaning "bread" in Ing. and Bacb.”
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