Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/aaṭH

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

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Noun

*aaṭH

1. bow

Descendants

• Bats: ატყ class dd (aṭq̇)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: ӏа̄д class dd (ˀaad)
  • Ingush: ӏа̄д class dd (ˀaad)
  • → Avar: гӏатӏ class 3 (ʻatʼ, “string; bowstring”)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*ʡāṭɦ”
• Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 81: “*aṭq̇-”