Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/madele

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

Related to Old Georgian მადლი (madli). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*madele (stem *madele-)

  1. favor, benevolence

Descendants

  • Bats: მადელ class b (madel, “mercy, charity, kindness”)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: ме̄ла class b (meela, “reward, benefit [in afterlife]”)
    • Ingush: маьл class b (mäl, “blessing”)
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