Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/koḳ

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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Compare with Ossetian къах (k’ax, “foot, leg”) and Old Armenian կոխեմ (koxem, “to tread, trample”).

Noun

*koḳ

1. leg

Descendants

• Bats: ქოკ class bj (koḳ)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: ког class bb (kog)
  • Ingush: ког class bb (kog)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*kōḳ”
• 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, page 87: “*koḳ-”