Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/laači

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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

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Etymology

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Compare with Proto-Turkic *lāčïn (falcon); Lak лачин (lačin, falcon); Avar лаче́н (lačén, falcon).

Noun

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*laači

  1. falcon

Descendants

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  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: ле̄ча (leeča)
    • Ingush: лаьча (läča)

References

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  • 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 101:*laːči