Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/mełaᶰ

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, *meł +‎ *-aᶰ.

Reconstruction notes

The entire verb paradigm was aligned with the recent past tense after regressive assimilation. Then there was a repeated regressive assimilation:

  1. *ме̄ла (meela) ~ *ме̄ли (meeli) ~ *ме̄лур (meelur) >
  2. *ме̄ла (meela) ~ мийли (miı̇li) ~ *мо̄ьлур (möölur) >
  3. мийла (miı̇la) ~ мийли (miı̇li) ~ *мийлур (miı̇lur) >
  4. мийла (miı̇la) ~ мийли (miı̇li) ~ муьйлур (müülur).

However, Starostin and Nikolaev suggest an additional reconstruction *mebłaᶰ for Chechen.

Verb

*mełaᶰ impf (perfective *małaᶰ)

  1. to drink

Descendants

  • Bats: მელʻაჼ (melˢã)
  • Vainakh:

References

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