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

1. 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”)