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Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/naana

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

From nursery language.

Noun

*naana

mother
Coordinate terms: *daada (“father”), *wašo (“brother”), *jašo (“sister”)

Descendants

Bats: ნა̄ნ class jd (nān)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: на̄на class jb (naana)
- Ingush: на̄на class jb (naana)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*nāna”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

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