Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/lawa

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

*lawa (stem *lawa-)

  1. snow

Descendants

  • Bats: ლავ class dd (lav)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: ло̄ class dd (loo)
    • Ingush: лоа class dd (loa)

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers:*law
  • 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 256:нахские формы предполагают общий архетип [the Nakh forms suggest a common archetype]naxskije formy predpolagajut obščij arxetip [the Nakh forms suggest a common archetype]
  • 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 90:*law(a)