Reconstruction:Proto-Avaro-Andian/bɔc̣

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This Proto-Avaro-Andian 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-Avaro-Andian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Northeast Caucasian *bɔrc̣(ə) "wolf".

Noun[edit]

*bɔc̣ (class 3)[1]

  1. wolf

Reconstruction notes[edit]

The word is reconstructible as belonging to class 3 on the basis of it being in Andi class 3[2] (Andi preserves all 5 PNEC pseudo-reconstructed classes[3]) and Avar class 3[2].

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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:*bͻcʾ
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kibrik, A. Je., Kodzasov, S. V. (1990) Сопоставительное изучение дагестанских языков. Имя. Фонетика [Comparative Study of Dagestan Languages. Substantives. Phonetics] (in Russian), Moscow: University Press, →ISBN, § 159 волк, page 77
  3. ^ Nichols, Johanna (2003) “The Nakh-Daghestanian consonant correspondences”, in Dee Ann Holisky, Kevin Tuite, editors, Current Trends in Caucasian, East European and Inner Asian Linguistics: Papers in honor of Howard I. Aronson, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →DOI