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Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/koḳ
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Proto-Nakh
Etymology
Compare with Ossetian къах (k’ax, “foot, leg”) and Old Armenian կոխեմ (koxem, “to tread, trample”).
Noun
*koḳ
- foot, leg
Descendants
- Bats: ქოკ (koḳ)
- Vainakh:
- Chechen: ког (kog)
- Ingush: ког (kog)
Further reading
- Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 619
- Bugge, Sophus (1893), “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 32, page 85