Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/bumbur

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.

This Proto-Nakh entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Nakh

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*bumbur

1. beetle

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: бумбари class jj (bumbari)
  • Ingush: бумбарг class jj (bumbarg)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*bumba-r- (~-ū-)”
• Mudrak, Oleg A. (2018), “*bumbor-oj”, in Caucasian loanwords in Ossetic: The semantic domains of “body parts”, “people”, page 133