Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ħamc

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Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ħamc

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

*ħamc

Etymology

Unknown. Compare with Proto-Lezghian *ħämč (“apple”), Proto-Dargwa *hinc (“apple”), Proto-Tsezian *ʔẽšː (“apple”), Proto-Avaro-Andian *ʔimči (“apple”), Lak хӏивч (ħiwč, “apple”), Khinalug мыч (mɨč, “apple”) and Hurrian 𒄭𒂗𒍪𒊒 (/ḫenzūru/, “apple”), Akkadian 𒄭𒂗𒍪𒊒 (/ḫinzūru/, “apple”).

Noun

*ħamc

1. medlar

Descendants

• Vainakh:
  • Chechen:
    • Akkin: хьанс (ḥʳans)
    • Chebarloish: хьамц (ḥʳamc)
    • Itum-Qalish: хьамц (ḥʳamc)
    • Literary: хьамц (ḥʳamc)
    • Kistin: хьанц (ḥʳanc)
  • Ingush: хьамиск (ḥʳamisk) (< *ħamc-ig)
  • → Avar: хӏанц (ḥʳanc)

Further reading

• Dzhamalkhanov, Zaindi D.; et al. (1962) Нохчийн-гӏалгӏайн-оьрсийн словарь / Чеченско-ингушско-русский словарь [Chechen-Ingush-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Grozny: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 165: “хьамц; хьамиск”
• Arsakhanov, Israil (1969) Чеченская диалектология [Chechen dialectology] (in Russian), Grozny: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 25, 26, 29: “хьаьнс”
• Imnajšvili, David S. (1977) Историко-сравнительный анализ фонетики нахских языков / ნახური ჯგუფის ენათა ფონეტიკის ისტორიულ-შედარებითი ანალიზი [Historical and comparative analysis of the phonetics of the Nakh languages] (in Russian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 236: “h_əamc”
• Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1961) Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: State Publishing House of Foreign and Ethnicity Dictionaries, page 450: “хьаьмц”