Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/sag

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

Borrowed from Alanic *šag (“deer”).

Noun

*sag (stem *sag-)

  1. deer

Descendants

  • Bats: საგ class bd (sag)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: сай class bd (saj)
    • Ingush: сай class bd (saj)

References

  • Genko, Anatolii N. (1930), “Из культурного прошлого ингушей [From the cultural past of the Ingush]”, in Записки коллегии востоковедов при Азиатском музее АН СССР, volume V, Leningrad, page 717 of 681–761: “инг. sæj ‘олень’ связано с осет. саг id.”
  • 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 239: “*sag-”

Further reading

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