North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *=[ō]dV̆

Meaning: to pluck, pick, pinch

Proto-Tsezian: *=id- ( ~ -ɨ-)

Proto-Lak: =it:u-

Proto-Dargwa: *=ert:- /*ʔut:-

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔot:ʷ[ɨ]-

Proto-West Caucasian: *da-

Notes: The original meaning is well reconstructable as "to pluck, pick" (whence "to pluck hair" > "to shave" or "to tan", "to pluck grass" > "to mow" etc.). On the whole the etymology seems quite reliable.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *=id- ( ~ -ɨ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to shave

Tsezi: =ed-

Comments: Attested only in Tsez., but having probable external parallels.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: =it:u-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to pluck, pick

Lak form: =it:u-n

Comments: G. pr. =i=t:u-n(u).

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *=ert:- /*ʔut:-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to mow

Akusha: ud-

Chiragh: =ert:- / ut:-

Comments: Cf. also Ur. =ird- / ud- 'to break, tear'; with preverbs Chir. čer(k)=ert:- / čer(k)-ut:- 'to break apart, tear away', čars(a)=ert:- / čarsa-t:ʷ- 'to take away', čep:-ert: / čap:-ut:- 'to burst'.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔot:ʷ[ɨ]-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to shave 2 to pluck 3 to tear 4 to shear (sheep)

Lezghian: t:ʷa- 1

Tabasaran: ud-u=d- 2

Agul: ud- 2,3

Tsakhur: q-o=da- 3 (Mishl.)

Kryz: =ud- 4

Budukh: ed- 4

Archi: =ot:a- 2,3

Comment: Cf. also Lezg. pret. t:u-na; Tab. Düb. u=d- 'to tan' (*'to pluck hair').

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *da-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to choose, pick out 2 to put through, to string

Abkhaz: a-ḳǝ́l-da-ra 2

Abaza: ḳǝl-da-ra 2

Adyghe: xa-da-n 1

Kabardian: xa-da-n 1

Comments: PAT *-da- (only with preverbs; cf. also Abaz. az-da-ra 'to gather' (*'to pluck, pick together'); PAK *-da- (with the preverb *xa- "group, mass"; see Kuipers 1975, 16).

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