Reconstruction:Proto-Avaro-Andian/mɔc̣c̣i

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Cognates include Proto-Tsezian *mɨc and Proto-Nakh *moṭṭ and isolates Lak маз (maz), Khinalug мицӏ (mic̣).

Noun[edit]

*mɔc̣c̣i

  1. tongue
  2. language

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Andian: *mɔc̣c̣i, *mɨc̣c̣i (see there for further descendants)
  • Avar: мацӏцӏ (maccʼ)

References[edit]

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*mic̣:i”
  • 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[2], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 136: “*mͻcːʾ in Av. macːʾ; *mɨcːʾ- in e.g. And. micːʾi”
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