Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/C-qːamǝ́

This Proto-Northwest Caucasian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Northwest Caucasian

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Northeast Caucasian *χʕāmV (“skin”)[1] and Proto-Kartvelian *qam- (“leather”).[2] However this reconstruction seems unlikely, and it is rather related to Proto-Georgian-Zan *ṭq̇aw- (“hide, animal skin”).

Noun

*C-qːamǝ́

fur

Alternative reconstructions

*t/d-qːamǝ[1]
*qamə[2]
*tqamə́[3]

Descendants

Abkhaz-Abaza: *qamə́
- Abaza: хъамы́ (qamə́)
- Abkhaz: ахамы́ (axamə́)
Ubykh: tχamǝ́

References

Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A., “*χʕāmV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, 1994
Chukhua, Merab (2019), Georgian-Circassian-Apkhazian Etymological Dictionary (in English), Tbilisi: TSU Press, page 629: “*qam-”
Chirikba, Viacheslav A., Common West Caucasian. The Reconstruction of its Phonological System and Parts of its Lexicon and Morphology. (in English), Leiden; Netherlands: Research School CNWS, 1996, →ISBN, page 361

[CWC2-1] Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A., “*χʕāmV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, 1994

[CWC-2] Chukhua, Merab (2019), Georgian-Circassian-Apkhazian Etymological Dictionary (in English), Tbilisi: TSU Press, page 629: “*qam-”

[3] Chirikba, Viacheslav A., Common West Caucasian. The Reconstruction of its Phonological System and Parts of its Lexicon and Morphology. (in English), Leiden; Netherlands: Research School CNWS, 1996, →ISBN, page 361