Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/c̣egeᶰ

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 *c̣eg- (“red”) +‎ *-eᶰ.

Adjective

*c̣egeᶰ

1. red

Related terms

nouns

• *c̣egi (“blood”)

 

Descendants

• Bats: წეგეჼ (c̣egẽ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: цӏе̄н (cʼeen)
  • Ingush: цӏе̄ (cʼee)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*c̣ēge-(n)”
• 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^[2], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 88: “*cʾiegeᶰ, cf. Batsbi cʾegeᶰ”