S. L. Nikolayev, S. A. Starostin . A NORTH CAUCASIAN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY: PREFACE. Moscow, ASTERISK PUBLISHERS, 1994.

The two volumes contain a systematic reconstruction of the phonology and vocabulary of Proto-North-Caucasian the ancestor of numerous modern languages of the Northern Caucasus, as well as of some extinct languages of ancient Anatolia. Created by two leading Russian specialists in linguistic prehistory, the book will be valuable for all specialists in comparative linguistics and history of ancient Near East and Europe.