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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *nV̆č̣ē (~,-ī)
Meaning: oak-tree
Notes: The root is well attested in PN and PWC, but has left no traces in most EC languages. Khaidakov (1973) cites two other forms: Lak. maža 'oak-tree' and And. noži id., but if they are genuine (the source is not very reliable), they must be ultimately borrowed from Nakh (see above about the reconstruction of *č̣ in PN, which later changed to -ž- (-ǯ-) in Chech. and Ing.). Further connections of the root are not quite clear. Borrowing from the supposed Proto-Iranian *nauča- 'some coniferous tree' (see about this root under *ɦwmĭc̣_Ĕ) is not very probable - both semantically (the root *nV̆č̣ē means only leaf-bearing trees in NC languages) and phonetically (because a glottalised *č̣ is reconstructed). Thus for the time being we prefer to regard this root as genuine - until further research is done.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *nač̣
Meaning: oak-tree
Chechen: naž
Ingush: naž
Comments: 3d class in Chech., 4th class in Ing. Obl. base *nač̣u- (Chech. noža-, Ing. with vowel levelling nažo). Cf. also Lev., Cheb., Shar., Ved. naž, Khild. naǯ, Ing. (in Imnaishvili's recording) nač: (obl. noža-). The last two forms (Khild. -ǯ and Ing. -č:) suggest, even without a Bacbi parallel, the reconstruction of *č̣ in PN.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *pč́:V
Meaning: 1 oak-tree 2 plane-tree
Abkhaz: á-ǯ́ 1
Abaza: ǯ́-č̣ʷǝ 1
Adyghe: pč́ajǝ 2
Kabardian: bžej 2
Comments: PAT *ǯ́ǝ; PAK *pč́:a-jǝ (with a usual "tree"-suffix *-jǝ), cf. also Shaps. pč́ajǝ 'beech-tree'. The PAT form can not be related to PAK *č:ǝ-ɣǝ 'tree' (see under PWC *č́:ʷǝ); on the other hand, the semantic shift 'oak-tree' - 'plane-tree', 'beech-tree' is rather common (it happened, e.g., in Greek), and the comparison of PAK *pč́:a-jǝ́ with PAT *ǯ́ǝ 'oak-tree' seems quite plausible.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *mV̆nč̣ḗ
Meaning: tree, oak
Comments and references : DCE 17, BCD 19.
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-buru,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *me[n]ṣ
Meaning: sapling, small tree
Yasin: noṣ
Hunza: meṣ
Nagar: meṣ
Comments: Sh. mḗṣ
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,buruet-notes,
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *a=mec
Meaning: a kind of oak
Bizkaian: ametz
Gipuzkoan: ametz
High Navarrese: ametz
Low Navarrese: ametz
Lapurdian: ametz
Zuberoan: ã́mẽtz
Roncalese: ametz
Comments: Defined by Azkue as ‘carballo, melojo, quejigo’ (~ Quercus robur, Q. pyrenaica, Q. faginea). Larrasquet defines the ZBR word as ‘chêne tauzin’ (Q. pyrenaica).
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-gip,basqet-anv,basqet-bnv,basqet-lab,basqet-zbr,basqet-rnc,basqet-comments,
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