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Reconstruction:Proto-Avaro-Andian/bɔc̣

This Proto-Avaro-Andian 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-Avaro-Andian

Etymology

From Proto-Northeast Caucasian *bɔrc̣(ə) "wolf".

Noun

*bɔc̣ (class 3)[1]

  1. wolf

Reconstruction notes

The word is reconstructible as belonging to class 3 on the basis of it being in Andi class 3[2] (Andi preserves all 5 PNEC pseudo-reconstructed classes[3]) and Avar class 3[2].

Descendants
  • Andian:
    • Akhvakh: бачӏа (bačʼa)
    • Andi: боцӏо (bocʼo)
    • Bagvalal: бацӏа (bacʼa)
    • Botlikh: бацӏа (bacʼa)
    • Chamalal: бацӏа (bacʼa)
    • Godoberi: бацӏа
    • Karata: бацӏа
    • Tindi: бацӏа
  • Avar: бацӏ (bacʼ)

References
  1. 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, volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 136: “*bͻcʾ”
  2. Kibrik, A. Je., Kodzasov, S. V. (1990) Сопоставительное изучение дагестанских языков. Имя. Фонетика [Comparative Study of Dagestan Languages. Substantives. Phonetics] (in Russian), Moscow: University Press, →ISBN, § 159 волк, page 77
  3. Nichols, Johanna (2003) “The Nakh-Daghestanian consonant correspondences”, in Dee Ann Holisky, Kevin Tuite, editors, Current Trends in Caucasian, East European and Inner Asian Linguistics: Papers in honor of Howard I. Aronson, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →DOI
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