Reconstruction:Proto-Tsezian/

This Proto-Tsezian 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-Tsezian

Noun

*oχ

  1. garden
  2. grape

Descendants

  • Tsez-Hinukh:
    • Tsez: ахи (axi)
    • Hinukh: ахибакӏ (axibak’)
  • Bezhta-Hunzib-Khwarshi:
    • Bezhta: аьгь (äh)
      • Tlyadal dialect: аьхӏ (äḥ)
    • Hunzib: ахӏ (aḥ)
    • Khwarshi:
      • Khwarshi: огь (oh, grape)
      • Inkhoqwari: огь (oh, grape)

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ʔɔχ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • Comrie, Bernard, Khalilov, Madzhid (2010) Словарь языков и диалектов народов Северного Кавказа: Сопоставление основной лексики [The Dictionary of languages and dialects of the peoples of the Northern Caucasus: Comparison of the basic lexicon], Leipzig and Makhachkala: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, § 8.130, page 383