Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/qaw

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

*qaw

1. arable land

Descendants

• Bats: ჴავ class dd (qav)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: кха class dd (qa)
  • Ingush: кха class dd (qa)

References

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