Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ǯHala

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.
This Proto-Nakh entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Nakh

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Georgian-Zan [Term?]. See Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁aɣl-.

Noun

*ǯHala (stem *ǯHalaj-)

  1. dog
    Coordinate terms: *pħu (“male dog”), *ʒHuṭ (“female dog”), *ḳaac̣e (“puppy”)

Descendants

  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: жӏаьла class dd (žˀäla)
    • Ingush: жӏалӣ class dd (žˀalii)

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*ǯʡali(j)”
  • Schrijver, Peter (2021), “A history of the vowel systems of the Nakh languages (East Caucasian), with special reference to umlaut in Chechen and Ingush”, in Languages of the Caucasus‎[2], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 98: “*ǯˁalaj”
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