Reconstruction:Proto-Northeast Caucasian/mɔč̣č̣(V)

Proto-Northeast Caucasian

Noun

*mɔč̣č̣(V) (class 3) /mɔtʃ:’(V)/ (oblique stem *mɨč̣č̣V́- /mɨˈtʃ:’V/-)

1. place

Descendants

• Proto-Nakh: *mott (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Tsezian: *mɔč̣č̣e (oblique stem *mič̣č̣ɔ from older *mɨč̣č̣ɔ)
  • Tsez: мочи (moči) (oblique stem mečo-, moči-) 'place' (class 3)
  • Hunzib: mɔče (oblique stem mičɔ-) 'place, plot' (class 3)

References

• 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^[1], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 136: “*mott”