Reconstruction:Proto-Northeast Caucasian/x̱änɦï
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Proto-Northeast Caucasian[edit]
Alternate Reconstructions[edit]
Noun[edit]
*x̱änɦï
Reconstruction notes[edit]
This is a controversial reconstruction, done by Starostin. However, the attested forms are unquestionably related, and unquestionably inherited from Proto-Northeast-Caucasian.
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ʎ:inʔi (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Dargwa: *xin (see there for further descendants)
- Khinalug: хьу (xu)
- Lak: шин (šin)
- Proto-Lezghian: *ʎ:än: (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Nakh: *xi (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tsezian: *λːɨ̃ (see there for further descendants)
Further reading[edit]
- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*x_ä̆nɦɨ̆”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers