Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ṭaliḳ

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 earlier *ṭal +‎ *-iḳ.

Reconstruction notes

The Chechen and Ingush forms of the пӀелг are independent contamination with the Russian form of the па́лец (pálec, “finger”). In the Bats form, perhaps by analogy, the phoneme l has changed to r.

Noun

*ṭaliḳ

1. finger or toe

Descendants

• Bats: ტარკ (ṭarḳ)
• Vainakh:
  • Old Chechen: пӏелиг (pʼelig)
    • Chechen: пӏелг (pʼelg), тӏелг (tʼelg)
      • Akkin Chechen: пӏаьлг (pʼälg), цӏаьлг (cʼälg)
      • Chebarloish Chechen: пӏалиг (pʼalig)
      • Galanchozh Chechen:
        • Lamakkin Chechen: тӏаьлг (tʼälg)
        • Melkhin Chechen: тӏаьльг (tʼälʲg)
  • Ingush: пӏелг (pʼelg), пӏаьльг (pʼälʲg), тӏелг (tʼelg), тӏаьльг (tʼälʲg)

References

• Arsakhanov, Israil (1959) Аккинский диалект в системе чечено-ингушского языка [Akkin dialect in the system of the Chechen-Ingush language] (in Russian), Grozny: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 28: “цӏаьлг; пӏаьльг ― cӏaʹlg; pӏaʹlʹg”
• Arsakhanov, Israil (1959) Аккинский диалект в системе чечено-ингушского языка [Akkin dialect in the system of the Chechen-Ingush language] (in Russian), Grozny: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 25; 139: “тӏаьльг ― tӏaʹlʹg”
• Arsakhanov, Israil (1969) Чеченская диалектология [Chechen dialectology] (in Russian), Grozny: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 59: “пӏалиг”
• Arsakhanov, Israil (1969) Чеченская диалектология [Chechen dialectology] (in Russian), Grozny: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 123: “тӏаьлг ― tӏaʹlg”
• Uslar, Peter von (1888) Этнография Кавказа. Языкознание. II. Чеченский язык [Ethnography of the Caucasus. Linguistics. II. The Chechen language] (in Russian), Tiflis: Printing house of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the civil unit in the Caucasus, page 8: “ԥеліг”