Reconstruction:Proto-Northeast Caucasian/ḳwēmṭī
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This Proto-Northeast Caucasian 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-Northeast Caucasian
Alternative forms
Noun
*ḳwēmṭī[1]
Descendants
- Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ḳʷiṭi (“lip”)
- Proto-Dargwa: *ḳʷenṭ (“lip”)
- Dargwa: кӏентӏ (ḳenṭ)
- Proto-Lezghian: *ḳʷenṭ (“lip”)
- (perhaps) Khinalug: кӏыты́р (ḳɨtɨ́r, “nose”)
- (perhaps) → Old Armenian: քիթ (kʻitʻ, “nose”)
References
- ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ḳwēmṭī”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 733