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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *gudV (~*gʷɨ-)
Meaning: hen
Bezhta: güdä
Gunzib: gudo
Comments: PGB *gudV.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *gwāṭa (~-ǝ̄-,-e)
Meaning: hen
Notes: A difficult case. See Dzhavakhishvili 1937,613-617, Klimov 1963,195-196, Shagirov 1977,159 (comparing the above forms and Kartvelian *katam- 'hen'), Abdokov 1983, 116. The listed forms are related with a great degree of probability, but several assimilative processes must have happened in different languages (which is usual for root structures of this type, containing two stops. In PN (where *gw- regularly > *k-) *gwāṭa > *kōṭa- > *kōta- (progressive assimilation); in PTs *gwāṭa > *gʷɨṭV > *gʷɨdV (also progressive assimilation). In PL *gwāṭa > *ḳ(ʷ)aṭa (regressive assimilation); on PWC see above.
A suspicious feature is loss of labialisation in PL and PAK; it may suggest that the protoform should be rather reconstructed as *gāṭwa (with shift of labialisation in PN and PAT), because labialisation of dentals is in general easier lost than the labialisation of velars.
In view of everything said it seems probable that the Kartvelian name for "hen" (*katam-) is an old Nakh loanword - since the Nakh form can not be separated from other EC data.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *kōta-m
Meaning: hen
Chechen: kōtam
Ingush: kotam
Batsbi: kotam
Comments: Cf. also Chech. Lev. kwōtam. 4th class in Chech., Ing., 5th class in Bacb.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *ḳaṭa
Meaning: hen
Rutul: ḳaṭ
Tsakhur: ḳaṭe
Comment: Cf. also Tsakh. Gelm. ḳatä (with dissimilative deglottalisation -ṭ- > -t-). 3d class in both languages.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *k:(ʷ)Vṭǝ
Meaning: hen
Abkhaz: a-ḳʷṭǝ́
Abaza: kʷṭu
Adyghe: č́atǝ
Kabardian: ǯad
Comments: PAT *ḳʷǝṭǝ; PAK *k:at:ǝ́. The AT and AK forms are obviously related; we can reconcile discrepancies if we assume an initial structure with different laryngeal features of the two stops (tense *k: and glottalised *ṭ) with subsequent assimilations (*k:ʷVṭǝ > PAT *ḳʷVṭǝ and *k:(ʷ)aṭǝ > PAK *k:at:ǝ́).
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,
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