Reconstruction:Proto-Avaro-Andian/rɔḳʷɔ

This Proto-Avaro-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-Avaro-Andian

Etymology

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Cognates include Proto-Tsezian *rɔḳʷə, Proto-Nakh *doḳ and isolate Lak дакӏ (dakʼ).

Noun

*rɔḳʷɔ

1. heart

Descendants

• Proto-Andian: *rɔḳʷɔ (see there for further descendants)
• Avar: ракӏ (rakʼ)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*roḳʷo”
• 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: “*rͻkʾʷǝ in Av. rakʾ, And. rokʾʷo”