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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *rizi
Meaning: bread
Chamalal: rezi (Gig.)
Comments: Attested only in Cham., but having probable external parallels. For the meaning 'bread' cf. Rut. lɨzɨd 'dough', going back to the same EC root (*'clay' > 'dough' > 'bread').
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-chm,aandet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *lujʒV
Meaning: clay
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *rizi Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The original meaning 'clay, thick substance' explains well all the diverse meanings in daughter-languages.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *lujsṭ
Meaning: 1 sheep's dung 2 thick, dense
Chechen: lüst 1, lüsta 2
Ingush: lista 2
Batsbi: jupsṭĩ 2
Comments: The noun *lujsṭ must have meant 'thick, clayish substance' (whence 'dung' in Chech.). The Bacb. form is interesting, because it demonstrates the original *-j- which had been shifted to Anlaut (*lujsṭi-n > *ljuwsṭi-n > jupsṭĩ); another trace of PN *-j- here is the Chech. vowel -ü- in the direct stem lüst. Abayev (1973, 57-58) considers the Nakh adjective to be borrowed from Osset. lɨst(äg) / list(äg) 'small, thin'. This is hardly the case because of the non-trivial phonetic structure of the Nakh root (the semantic side also raises doubts).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *lojc: / *jolc:
Meaning: 1 clay (for plastering walls) 2 white
Lezghian: luʒ (Nüt.) 1
Tabasaran: lurz 1
Agul: luz 1
Rutul: lɨz 1
Kryz: luzu (Al.) 2
Budukh: luzu 1
Comment: Cf. also Tab. Khan. jülʒ 'clay' (demonstrating the original *j; the lit. form lurz (as well as Ag. Bursh. lurz) is obviously a development < *lolc: < *lojc: with assimilation); Rut. lɨzɨ-d 'dough'. The Kryz. word is a result of contamination with PL *lac:V- 'white' (q.v.), reflected as läzi in Kryz proper. The closely related Budukh language makes a clear distinction between lǝzu 'white' and luzu 'clay'.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-comment,
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