Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/aale

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

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Noun

*aale

lord

Descendants

Bats: ა̄ლე̆ class vb (ālĕ)
Vainakh:
- Chechen: э̄ла class vb (eela)
- Ingush: а̄ьла class vb (ääla)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*ʔāŁi”
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 (in English), volume 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 100: “*aːle”

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