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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ʒHĔmVḳĂ
Meaning: ant
Notes: A Nakh-WC isogloss; the reflexes are highly irregular (because of the root's semantic), but the presence in all forms of a front sibilant, a nasal and a velar make the comparison rather likely. See Abdokov 1983, 124 (Nakh:Ub.; the author adds also several other EC and WC forms which belong to other roots).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *ʒɦVnḳa-t ( ~ -g-)
Meaning: ant
Chechen: zingat
Ingush: zungat
Comments: Cf. also Shar. ʒingat, Itumk. ʒʕongat, Lev. ʒingat / ʒintag. *-t is probably en expressive suffix.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *źǝmǝḳ(ʷ)a
Meaning: ant
Abkhaz: a-šǝ́š-ḳamsa
Abaza: č́-ḳlams (Ash.)
Ubykh: źǝngʷá
Comments: PAT *-ḳamǝśǝ (cf. also Bzyb. a-śǝ́ś-ḳamś, a-śǝ́ś-ḳlamś). The first component (Abkh. šǝš-, Bzyb. śǝś-, Abaz. č́-) is not clear. The PAT form can be related to Ubykh if we assume a metathesis (*ḳamǝśǝ < *śVmVḳV) and assimilative / dissimilative processes - which is not surprising in an expressive root like this (cf., e.g., numerous irregularities in the IE root for 'ant' - *morm- / *morw- / *bhorm- etc.).
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʒHĔmVḳĂ
Meaning: ant
Comments and references : BCD 14.
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *sinagur̄i
Meaning: ant
Bizkaian: iñurri
Gipuzkoan: txingurri
Low Navarrese: xinaurri
Lapurdian: zinaurri
Zuberoan: üñhǘrri
Comments: GIP and BNV have diminutive palatalized forms. Mitxelena mentions the GIP disparaging nickname Zingurri 'Ant'. BZK iñurri, ZBR üñhǘrri exhibit irregular loss of initial /s/, or blended with a distinct initial element (?). Cf. PNC *ʒHĔmVḳĂ 'ant'.
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-gip,basqet-bnv,basqet-lab,basqet-zbr,basqet-comments,
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