Reconstruction:Proto-Northeast Caucasian/weršē

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

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā (“virile man; male animal, stallion, bull”).[1][2]

Noun

*weršē[1][3][2]

bull calf
male

Descendants

Archi: бошор (bošor)
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *bišʷa[2]
- Akhvakh: буша (buša)
- Avar: баси́ (bası̇́)
- Tindi: боха (boha)
Proto-Nakh: *borš
- Bats: ბორშ (borš)
- Vainakh:
  - Chechen: борш (borš)
  - Ingush: борш (borš)

References

Dʹjakonov, I. M.; Starostin, S. A. (2007), “Indojevropejsko-severnokavkazskije izoglossy”, in Starostin, G. S., editor, Trudy po jazykoznaniju [Proceedings in Linguistics]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Jazyki slavjanskix kulʹtur, →ISBN, page 314: “ПВК *werše”
Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*wĕršē”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
Aharon Dolgopolsky (1974), “О ностратической системе аффрикат и сибилянтов: корни с фонемой *ʒ”, in Этимология 1972, Moscow, page 171: “11. ... и.-е. *wersē-/-i- 'теленок, кабан'”

[Starostin-1] Dʹjakonov, I. M.; Starostin, S. A. (2007), “Indojevropejsko-severnokavkazskije izoglossy”, in Starostin, G. S., editor, Trudy po jazykoznaniju [Proceedings in Linguistics]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Jazyki slavjanskix kulʹtur, →ISBN, page 314: “ПВК *werše”

[NCED-2] Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*wĕršē”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

[3] Aharon Dolgopolsky (1974), “О ностратической системе аффрикат и сибилянтов: корни с фонемой *ʒ”, in Этимология 1972, Moscow, page 171: “11. ... и.-е. *wersē-/-i- 'теленок, кабан'”