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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ṭaHnā (~ -ǝ̄)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nit
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ṭanʔa
Proto-Lak: ṭu
Proto-Dargwa: *neṭ
Proto-Lezghian: *näṭ / *ṭän (*ṭäH)
Proto-West Caucasian: *ṭa
Notes: The type of laryngeal in the cluster -Hn- can not be established precisely, because in two critical cases (PD and PL) the root underwent an influence of *nĕmʒ_i 'louse' (PD *neṭ - cf. PD *nez 'louse'; PL *näṭ - cf. PL *näc̣: 'louse'). All other correspondences are regular, and the root can be safely reconstructed for PNC.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *ṭanʔa
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nit
Avar: ṭihá
Chadakolob: ṭihí
Andian language: ṭa
Akhvakh: ṭani
Chamalal: ṭana
Tindi: ṭana
Karata: ṭane
Botlikh: ṭana
Bagvalal: ṭana
Comments: Av. paradigm B (gen. ṭihá-dul; Chad. ṭohó-l, ṭahá-l). For And. Khaidakov notes two forms: ṭa 'nit', but ṭana 'larva, grub' - these are probably dialectal variants; the MSU recording is ṭana 'nit').
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: ṭu
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nit
Lak form: ṭu
Comments: Obl. stem ṭuni-; 3d class. Cf. Khosr. ṭu, pl. ṭun-di.
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *neṭ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nit
Chiragh: neṭ
Comments: Cf. also Kait. pl. niṭ-bi.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *näṭ / *ṭän (*ṭäH)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nit
Lezghian: neṭ (Khl.)
Tabasaran: niṭ
Agul: neṭ
Rutul: näṭ
Tsakhur: naṭ
Archi: naṭ
Udi: t:e
Comment: Obl. base *näṭa- (cf. Tsakh. naṭa-) - but more frequent is the consonantal obl. base *näṭ-rV- (Lezg. neṭre-, Tab. niṭru-, Rut. näṭir-, Arch. neṭir-). 3d class in Rut. and Tsakh., but 4th class in Arch. The Udi form is the most archaic (preserving the original order of consonants, see below), but it is hard to establish the underlying PL form (both *ṭän and *ṭäH with some laryngeal are possible).

    See Лексика 1971, 151; Талибов 1980, 272.

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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ṭa
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 louse 2 nit
Ubykh: ṭaḳ́ 1, ṭać̣ 2
Comments: The Ub. root ṭa- is isolated (ṭa-ḳ́ may be an old singulative form; about -ć̣ see *ć̣A - Ub. ṭa-, inspite Shagirov 2, 125, can have nothing to do with this root), but has rather probable EC parallels.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ṭVHŋV
Meaning: insect, tick, nit
North Caucasian: *ṭaHnā (~ -ǝ̄)
Sino-Tibetan: *tŏŋ ~ *tŭŋ 'insect, worm' (see under *ƛŭŋ)
Basque: *i-tain
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tUŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: insect
Chinese: 螽 *tuŋ locust or grasshopper
Tibetan: doŋ-ze wasp (cf. also duŋ 'seashell or snake')
Kachin: (H) duŋ, tuŋ a worm.
Lushai: KC *taŋ worm
Comments: Cf. Namsangia doŋ mosquito. The root should be distinguished from *ƛŭŋ q.v.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhōng
Preclassic Old Chinese: tuŋ
Classic Old Chinese: tuŋ
Western Han Chinese: tǝuŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝuŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćɨuŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćuŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćuŋ
Middle Chinese: ćüŋ
English meaning : locust or grasshopper
Russian meaning[s]: кузнечик; саранча (общее название)
Shuowen gloss: 蝗也.從蟲.冬聲.冬,古文終字.螽或從蟲.眾聲. [674]
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 142
Four-angle index: 8720
Shijing occurrences: 5.1, 14.1_
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *i=tain
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: tick (parasite)
Low Navarrese: ithain
Zuberoan: ithain, ithã́ñ
Roncalese: itain
Comments: Cf. PNC *ṭaHnā (~ -ǝ̄) 'nit'.
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