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Reconstruction:Proto-Northeast Caucasian/ḳwēmṭī

This Proto-Northeast Caucasian 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-Northeast Caucasian

Alternative forms
  • *ḳwēmṭō

Noun

*ḳwēmṭī[1]

  1. lip

Descendants
  • Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ḳʷiṭi (“lip”)
  • Proto-Dargwa: *ḳʷenṭ (“lip”)
  • Proto-Lezghian: *ḳʷenṭ (“lip”)
    • Aghul: кӏентӏв (kʼentʼv)
    • Archi: кӏветӏ (kʷʼetʼ)
    • Tabasaran: кӏвантӏ (ḳ°anṭ)
  • (perhaps) Khinalug: кӏыты́р (ḳɨtɨ́r, “nose”)
  • (perhaps) → Old Armenian: քիթ (kʿitʿ, “nose”)

References
  1. Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*ḳwēmṭī”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 733
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