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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *c̣ĕlc̣ŭ
Meaning: a k. of insect
Notes: A rather widely spread common NC expressive reduplicated root.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-khin,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *c̣oc̣ ( ~ -ʒ)
Meaning: locust
Chechen: c̣oz
Ingush: c̣oz
Comments: 3d class in both languages. Oblique base *c̣ac̣i- (*c̣aʒi-), cf. Chech. c̣eza-, Ing. c̣ezo.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *c̣orc̣a
Meaning: butterfly
Andian language: c̣orc̣a (Khaid.)
Comments: Isolated in And., but having probable external parallels.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-and,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *c̣ɔc̣ɔ- (~ a, -Ṽ-)
Meaning: glow-worm, firefly
Bezhta: c̣ac̣aka (Khaid.)
Comments: Attested only in Bezht., but having possible external parallels. The Bezht. word also means 'spark' and may in fact be a contamination of the present root with another one (cf. Gunz. c̣ǝḳǝ-ṭma 'fire-brand', see under PEC *c̣_wɨ̆jVkwŏ).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-bzt,cezet-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *c̣erc̣
Meaning: cricket, locust, grasshopper
Akusha: c̣erc̣
Comments: Cf. also Ur. c̣irc̣, Tsud. c̣erc̣ 'grasshopper, locust'.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *c̣ilc̣(a)
Meaning: grasshopper
Lezghian: c̣ic̣
Tabasaran: c̣ic̣
Agul: c̣irc̣ir ali
Rutul: c̣ɨc̣
Kryz: c̣ɨlc̣äng
Comment: 4th class in Kryz. and Rut. The Ag. word is from the Bursh. dialect (there also exists a variant c̣irc̣in ali there). Cf. also Kryz. Al. c̣ɨnc̣al 'grasshopper' (in Kryz. proper the word c̣ɨlc̣äng means both 'grasshopper' and 'butterfly'). It is not clear, how to relate here Bud. c̣ig 'grasshopper'. An expressive reduplicated root with some irregular changes.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-krz,lezget-comment,
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Khinalug etymology :
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Khinalug root: c̣ic̣in
North Caucasian etymology: 1234
Meaning: grasshopper
Khinalug form: c̣ic̣in
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ć̣ǝʒʷǝ
Meaning: 1 nit 2 flea 3 beetle, bug
Abkhaz: a-c̣ǝ́ʒ 1
Abaza: c̣ǝʒ 2
Adyghe: c̣ǝžǝ 3
Kabardian: c̣ǝv 3
Comments: PAT *ć̣ǝʒ́ǝ (cf. also Bzyb. a-ć̣ǝ́ʒ́ 'nit'); PAK c̣ǝzʷǝ́ (cf. also Ad. Tem. c̣ǝžǝ 'a k. of fly'). Kab. > Abaz. c̣ǝžʷ 'maggot of a gadfly'. In PAT we should expect *-ʒʷ-; there probably occurred an assimilation *ć̣ǝʒʷǝ > *ć̣ǝʒ́ǝ.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,
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