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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ʁwănVṭŭ
Meaning: a k. of insect; small bird
Notes: An expressive common NC root. The etymology seems rather probable, inspite of the irregular assimilation (ʁ- > q̇:-) in Andian. Abdokov (1983, 117) compares the Ubykh word with PL *q:Iʷen: 'partridge' (reflected in Lezg. q:ʷed, Khl. q:Iʷäd, Tab. ʁIud, Ag. Rud, Fit. ʁIud, Rut. ʁIud, Tsakh. q:Ion, Mik., Gelm. ʁIon, Arch. qIon). The Lezg. root, has, indeed, no other etymology, but the phonetic side of the comparison is somewhat dubious (PL *n: does not usually go back to clusters with dental consonants).
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *ʁunṭV- (~-o-,-d-)
Meaning: bug
Chechen: ʁundalʁi
Comments: The word is homonymous with ʁundalʁi 'black elder' (Ing. ʁuldam), but this is probably fortuitous, since it has probable external parallels (or else a development "bug" > "black elder" had taken place - since black elder berries look like small insects?).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *q̇:(ʷ)anṭV-nV
Meaning: butterfly
Andian language: q̇:aṭi-pa
Comments: Cf. also in Khaidakov's notation: And. q̇:anṭina. Isolated in And., but with probable external parallels.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-and,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ(:)ɔnṭu
Meaning: butterfly
Khvarshi: ʁonṭu
Inkhokvari: ʁoʁonṭu
Comments: PTsKh *ʁonṭu (in Inkh. reduplicated).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: ʁʷanʁʷaraṭi
Meaning: beetle
Lak form: ʁanʁaraṭi
Comments: Khaidakov 1966 quotes the form with labialisation: ʁʷanʁʷaraṭi. Cf. also the variant in the Russian-Lak dictionary: q:anʁaraṭi.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʁʷǝndʷA
Meaning: 1 gadfly 2 small bird, bird
Adyghe: ʁʷǝdǝ 1
Kabardian: ʁʷǝda 1
Ubykh: ʁʷǝ(n)dʷǝ́ 2
Comments: Deriving Ub. ʁʷǝ(n)dʷǝ́ from ʁʷǝnǝ 'tree' (see Dirr 77) is obviously a folk etymology. Kab. ʁʷǝda > Abaz. ʕʷǝda (see Шагиров 1, 137).
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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