Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/načx

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

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Noun

*načx

1. cheese

Descendants

• Bats: ნაჩხ class jj (načx)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: нехча class jj (nexča) (< *načx-i/o)
  • Ingush: нахча class jj (naxča) (< *načx-e)

References

• Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 189: “*naχč-, načχ-”