Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/cħa
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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
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Etymology
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Reconstruction notes
With some uncertainty, but apparently in the Proto-Vainakh the glottal stop from the numeral *dHiwʔ (“four”) was generalized to this numeral (also to *ši (“two”), *qo (“three”) and *pxi (“five”)), and consequently the word form *cħaʔ was obtained. Starostin and Nikolaev suggest that the glottal stop led to the assimilatory development of the wordform in Ingush. However, apparently, a metathesis of *cħaʔ to *cʔaħ occurred, due to which the *-ħ after the vowel acquired a voicing, that is, it turned to *-ʕ, and the glottal stop after *c- was lost.
Numeral
*cħa
Descendants
References
- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*cħa”