Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/mac̣riᶰ

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 *moc̣ (“honey”), cf. *maaqi (“barley bread”).

Adjective

*mac̣riᶰ

1. sweet

Descendants

• Bats: მაწრიჼ (mac̣rĩ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: мерза (merza)
  • Ingush: мерза (merza)

References

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