Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/mac̣riᶰ

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 *moc̣ (“honey”), cf. *maaqi (“barley bread”).

Adjective

*mac̣riᶰ

sweet

Descendants

Bats: მაწრიჼ (mac̣rĩ)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: мерза (merza)
- Ingush: мерза (merza)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*mac̣-ri-n”

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