Proto-Nakh: *-lχa-na
Meaning: yesterday
Chechen: selχana
Ingush: selχan
Comments: PN *(p)sa-lχEna is opposed to *si-psara 'yesterday night', so the component *-lχEna means either 'day' or 'yesterday' (in general). -lχE- here may be contracted from *dVlχE-, which would be a regular correspondence for Av. noƛ: and Darg. *duk:i / *dak:. The etymology of *(p)sa- ( < *(p)sarV-) see under *śwĔrV.
In PN there also exists a root *tχa 'today' (Chech. taχa-na, Ing. taχa-n 'today' as a secondary development < *tχa-na, Chech. tχo-wsa, Ing. tχowsara 'tonight', Bacb. tχa 'today', tχa-bus 'yesterday night' [ = Chech. tχowsa], tχujnŏ 'in the daytime'). This may well be an early development < *lχa (cf. an analogous phenomenon in the 1st p. pl. pronoun *tχo).
