Reconstruction:Proto-Andian/bɔc̣ɔ

This Proto-Andian 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-Andian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Avaro-Andian *bɔc̣ɔ.

Noun

*bɔc̣ɔ class 3

1. wolf

Descendants

• Akhvakh: бачӏа class 3 (bačʼa)
• Andi: боцӏо class 3 (bocʼo)
• Bagvalal: бацӏа class 3 (bacʼa)
• Botlikh: бацӏа class 3 (bacʼa)
• Chamalal: ба̀цӏа class 3 (bàcʼa), базза́ (bazzá), бадда (badda)
• Godoberi: бацӏа class 3
• Karata: бацӏа class 3
• Tindi: бацӏа class 3

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*boc̣o”
• 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^[2], volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 136: “*bͻcʾ”