Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/niq̇

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

*niq̇

1. road

Descendants

• Bats: ნიყ class bd (niq̇)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: некъ class bd (neqʼ) (< oblique *naaq̇-i-)
  • Ingush: никъ class bd (niqʼ)

References

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