Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/xeᶰ

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

*xeᶰ (stem *xen-)

  1. tree

Descendants

  • Bats: ხეჼ class bd (xẽ)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: хен class bd (xen)
    • Ingush: хи class bd (xi)
Unsorted borrowings
  • → Old Georgian: ხე (xe) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*χēn”
  • Klimov, G. A.; Xalilov, M. Š. (2003), Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 212–213: “*χe-”
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