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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *hãj(a)
Meaning: 1 bug, bed-bug 2 mosquito
Tsezi: ħaj 2
Ginukh: ħaja 2
Inkhokvari: hãj 1
Gunzib: hahija 1
Comments: PTsKh *hãj(a). The Gunz. reduplication may be either archaic (an incomplete loss of the EC combination *-rh(w)-), or recent (expressive).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-inh,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *hwărhwV
Meaning: a biting insect
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. An interesting root, containing a reduplicated laryngeal. Because of this reduplication, the cluster "r"+laryngeal did not undergo a usual treatment ( > *-r-, *-0) in PL and PD (however, it gave a usual reflex in PTs).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-cez,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *ħʷarʔ
Meaning: mosquito
Akusha: ħur
Comments: Cf. also Ur. ħarʔ, Ak. (in Musayev's record) ħerʔ.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *warʔʷ
Meaning: 1 bee 2 bumble-bee
Lezghian: waʔ 2 (Khl.)
Tabasaran: warf 1
Agul: warw 1
Comment: The final -f in lit. Tab. (also in Düb.: warf) is quite unique and may reflect an occasional variant *warhʷ. Cf. the forms of other dialects: Kand., Khiv. warʔ; Ag. Fit., Burk. warw, Bursh. war.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *hwărhwV́
Meaning: swarm (of insects)
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *r[ua]H
Meaning: swarm, scurry
Burmese: rwaʔ to swarm (as ants); tick.
Lushai: rau (rauʔ) to swarm (as bees), to desert or abandon (as village or nest); hreu a sp. of land-leech.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-burm,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *rù
Meaning: locust
Tulung: rǖ
Kaling: rü
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-tul,kiret-kal,
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