< Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh

Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/dada

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

From nursery language.

Noun

*dada

  1. father
    Coordinate terms: *naana (“mother”), *wašo (“brother”), *jašo (“sister”)

Descendants
  • Bats: დად class vb (dad)
  • Vainakh:
    • Chechen: да̄ class vb (daa)
    • Ingush: да̄ class vb (daa)

References
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*dād(a)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • 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 88: “*dada or *daːda”
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