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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *=V̄rs_wE
Meaning: to cut (in parts); to shear, clip
Proto-West Caucasian: *śʷV Notes: A well represented common NC verbal stem. The vocalism is hard to reconstruct: this may be due partly to the fact that in EC two verbal stems have merged together (see also *HVrs_A).
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *=āš-
Meaning: to shave
Chechen: =āš-
Ingush: =aš-
Batsbi: =aš-
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *=i(r)s:ʷV- / *s:ʷV-
Meaning: 1 to cut 2 cut into small parts 3 cut lengthwise
Avar: s:u- 1, =us:- 2
Chadakolob: sijsí-n q̇uṭ- 2
Chamalal: =is:ʷṼ- 3
Tindi: =us:ĩ- 3
Karata: =urs:an- 2
Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. =us:Ṽ-, Kar. Arch., Masht., Chab. =is:ʷ- (NB: without the secondary nasal conjugation present in Kar. proper and other Andian languages). Av. s:u- reflects stem II; Av. =us:- and all Andian forms - stem I.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-avc,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-krt,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *s:us:-
Meaning: to chop, cut in pieces
Bezhta: sus- (Khosh.)
Comments: Cf. also Bezht. Tlad. sus- id. Attested only in Bezht., but having probable external parallels.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-bzt,cezet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: t:-i=si-
Meaning: to cut out
Lak form: t:isi-n
Comments: G. pr. t:i=su-nu. Cf. also Khosr. t:isi-n, and, with another morphological formation, Lak. =urusi-n (=urusu-nu), Khosr. =urusi-n 'to chop, cut in small parts'. Lak. t:isi- also goes back to *t:ir(i)si-, as seen from an old Archi loanword: diris-kes 'to cut out'.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *=irs:- / *=is:-
Meaning: to cut out
Akusha: =irs-es
Chiragh: =irs:- / =is:-
Comments: Cf. also Ak., Ur., Kub. dis, Chir., Kharb., Tsud., Kait. dis: 'knife' - an old derivate from this verbal root.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-chr,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *ʔars:ʷa-
Meaning: 1 to rip up 2 to cut in pieces
Tabasaran: kt-a=š̌- 1
Archi: =ars:a- 2
Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. k-a=š̌- (in Tab. the verb is attested only with preverbs), Arch. Dur. =ars:u-r. With Ablaut cf. perhaps also Tab. u=š̌-, Düb. u=š̌- 'to mow'. An old derivate from this root is PL *[ħ]ars:ʷV-t:V (with an adjectival suffix, "cutting") > (with metathesis) > *[ħ]at:ers:ʷV "scissors", reflected in Tab. ubruš̌ (with assimilation), Düb. uruš:̌u, Ag. ħut:es (Bursh. ħaras:, Burk. ħäras), Tsakh. ades:e and Arch. jat:ǝrsi. We must note that this stem reveals some traces of contamination with another PEC root for "cut", *HVrsA (q.v.): the initial laryngeal and the irregular weak -s- in Archi must be traces of the other root, which otherwise vanished in Lezghian.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *śʷV
Meaning: 1 to shave 2 to shear, to clip
Abkhaz: a-sa-rá 1,2
Abaza: sa-ra 1,2
Ubykh: šʷá- 1
Comments: PAT *śa- (cf. also Bzyb. a-śa-rá). Here belongs also a nominal derivate: Ub. šʷa 'sickle'.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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