Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/dalaᶰ

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.

This Proto-Nakh entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

According to Starostin, cognates include Proto-Avaro-Andian *=iƛ’-, Proto-Tsezic *=iƛ’-, Proto-Lak *=i=č’a-. Starostin suggests on the basis of Bacb. Mats =aʎ- that *-Ł- can be reconstructed instead of *-l- for Proto-Nakh. However, Nichols (2003),^[1] rejects a connection with the Proto-Avaro-Andian *=iƛ’- etc., which she says is inherited from Proto-Northeast-Caucasian #D=Vƛ’ "die, kill". The only Chechen reflex of Proto-Northeast-Caucasian #D=Vƛ’ is Chechen daq'a "corpse" (Nichols 2003).

*dalaᶰ

1. to die

• Bats: დალაჼ (dalã)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: дала (dala)
  • Ingush: дала (dala)

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*=aŁ-”