Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ko

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

Unknown.

Reconstruction notes

In the Chechen and Ingush archaic form, vowel /a/ is explained analogy with the form of the oblique stem.

Noun

*ko

hand (part of the forelimb)

Descendants

Bats: ქო (ko)
Vainakh:
- *ku-H-iḳ (H-epenthesis, diminutive derivational suffix)
  - Chechen: куьг (küg)
  - →? Ossetian: къух (k’ux)
- *ku-l-iḳ (l-epenthesis, diminutive derivational suffix)
  - Ingush: кулг (kulg)
- *ka
  - Chechen: ка (ka) (archaic)
  - Ingush: кa (ka) (archaic)
- Ingush: кo (ko, “handle”)

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