Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/maaqi
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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
Derived from *muq (“barley”), cf. *mac̣riᶰ (“sweet”).
Noun
*maaqi
Descendants
- Bats: მაჲჴი̆ class jj (mayqĭ)
- Vainakh:
References
- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*mūq”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “The oblique stem *māqi used as direct ("barley's, stemming from barley") is used in the meaning "bread" in Ing. and Bacb.”