Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ciciḳ

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

From interjectional origin associated with addressing a wild cat and a diminutive suffix. Compare etymology Hungarian cica (“kitten”), where the diminutive suffix is also used.

Noun

*ciciḳ

1. kitten

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: цициг (cicig)
  • Ingush: циск (cisk)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*c̣ic”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers