Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/marxo
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Proto-Nakh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Nikolaev / Starostin, inherited from Proto-Northeast Caucasian, with such cognates as Tabasaran мархь (marx), Lezgi марф (marf), Dargwa марка (marka, “rain”).
Note also Georgian მარახული (maraxuli), Old Armenian մառախուղ (maṙaxuł).
Noun
[edit]*marxo
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2021) “Kartul-naxuri leksiḳuri ṗaralelebi [Georgian–Nakh Lexical Similarities]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XVIII, Tbilisi, page 24 of 19–26
- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*mărƛwĂ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, pages 795–796
- Starostin, George (2011) “Annotated Swadesh wordlists for the Nakh group (North Caucasian family)”, in The Global Lexicostatistical Database[2], section 14, page 13