North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *dwĭχi ( ~ -ɨ̆-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: snow, hoar-frost

Proto-Nakh: *tχi

Proto-Tsezian: *χ:ɨda

Proto-Dargwa: *duχIi

Proto-West Caucasian: *tʷǝχʷV ( ~ -χ́ʷ-)

Notes: Except for metathesis in PTs (*χ:ɨda < *dɨχ:a) correspondences are regular. PN *tχi is a reduction < *tŭχi; in PWC there occurred an assimilation (*tʷǝχ́V > *tʷǝχ́ʷV).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *tχi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 dew 2 hoar-frost

Chechen: tχi 1

Ingush: tχi-r 1

Batsbi: tχi-r 2

Comments: 3d class in all languages. Ing. and Bacb. reflect a suffixed form *tχi-r.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *χ:ɨda

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dew, hoar-frost

Bezhta: χida

Gunzib: χɨda

Comments: PGB *χɨda.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *duχIi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: snow

Akusha: daIħi

Comments: Cf. also Ur. duħaI, Muir. duχ:i ( = duIχi) id.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *tʷǝχʷV ( ~ -χ́ʷ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 hoar-frost 2 snowstorm, blizzard

Abkhaz: a-sǝ́-tʷħʷa 2

Abaza: srǝ-čʷħʷa 2

Kabardian: sǝ-tχʷ 1

Comments: PAT *śǝ-(rǝ-)-tʷǝħʷa (cf. also Bzyb. a-śǝ́-tʷħʷa). All three languages reflect a compound with *śǝ- 'snow'.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dwĭχí ( ~ -ɨ̆-)

Meaning: snow

North Caucasian: *dwĭχi ( ~ -ɨ̆-)

Yenisseian: *tiχ

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *tiχ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: snow

Ket: tīk

Yug: tik

Kottish: thīk, g. thīki, pl. thīkan; tik (Бол.); Ass. tik (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.), tɨg (Срсл.), tɨk (Кл.)

Arin: tē (М., Сл., Кл.); t́e (Срсл.); te-ustna (Лоск.)

Pumpokol: tɨg (Срсл., Кл.)

Comments: ССЕ 285. With Ablaut cf. Ket North. tɔpquĺ⁵, South. tɔqpuĺ⁵, Yug tɔxpɨl⁵ "lump of snow on a tree" (Werner 2, 274 without reconstruction). Werner 2, 269 <*t^hik>. Cf. also Kott. thantu 'Schneegestöber" < *tiχan- + tu 'smoke': this form confirms the reconstruction of *-χ- (not *-k-) in Inlaut.

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