Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/maaqi

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

Derived from *muq (“barley”), cf. *mac̣riᶰ (“sweet”).

Noun

*maaqi

1. barley bread
   1. → bread

Descendants

• Bats: მაჲჴი̆ class jj (mayqĭ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: ме̄кха class jj (meeqa) (dialectal)
  • Ingush: маькх class jj (mäq)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*mūq”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “The oblique stem *māqi used as direct ("barley's, stemming from barley") is used in the meaning "bread" in Ing. and Bacb.”