Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ǯiᶰ

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.
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Proto-Nakh

Etymology

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Noun

*ǯiᶰ (stem *ǯanor-)

  1. kidney

Descendants

  • Bats: ჟიჼ class bd (žĩ)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: жим class bd (žim)
    • Ingush: жим class bd (žim)

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*ǯăwV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 1106: “*ǯim”
  • 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 145: “*žin ~ *žim O ?žamar-”
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