Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ko

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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Cannot be compared with Ossetian къух (k’ux, “id.”) (Iron) and Proto-Permic *ki (“id.”).

Noun

*ko (stem *kar-)

  1. hand
    Holonym: *pħaars (“arm”)

Descendants

  • Bats: ქო class d (ko)
  • Vainakh:
    • ⇒ Chechen: куьг class dd (küg) (< *ko + -iḳ)
    • ⇒ Ingush: кулг class dd (kulg) (< *ko + -liḳ)

From *kar-:

  • Chechen: ка class d (ka)
  • Ingush: ка class j (ka)
  • Ingush: ко class dd (ko, “handle”) (< *kor-)

References

Further reading

  • Abajev, V. I. (1958), Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 644
  • Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “ки”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 123a
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