Reconstruction:Proto-Tsezian/mɨc

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This Proto-Tsezian 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-Tsezian

Etymology

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Cognates include Proto-Avaro-Andian *mɔc̣c̣i and Proto-Nakh *moṭṭ and isolates Lak маз (maz), Khinalug мицӏ (mic̣).

Noun

*mɨc class 3

  1. tongue
  2. language

Descendants

  • East Tsezian:
    • Bezhta: миц class 3 (mic)
    • Hunzib: мыц class 3 (mɨc)
  • West Tsezian:

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers:*mɨc A
  • 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 136:*mɨcːʾ-