Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/c̣asṭo

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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

Etymology

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Noun

*c̣asṭo (stem *c̣asṭo-)

  1. copper

Descendants

  • Bats: წასტ class dd (c̣asṭ)
  • Vainakh:

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers:*c̣asṭo
  • 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, volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 108:*cʾasto