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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *mos: (~-u-,-s)
Meaning: hair 1 hair; eyelash
Tsezi: mus
Ginukh: mus 1
Khvarshi: mus (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: mus
Comments: PTsKh *mus.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *mĕrs_A
Meaning: hair, long rag, thread
Notes: For PNC we can reconstruct also the obl. form *mĕrs_A-lV- (reflected in several Lezg. forms, Khin., AAnd. and Lak.). The Laki form lis:u reflects a regular dropping of initial *mV- (lis:u < *mVlis:u, the latter being a metathesized form of *mV(r)s:i-lu). The WC forms are very likely to belong here, too, although problems are raised by initial *p:- (we should expect *bǝsa); it may be a result of irregular dissimilative development within the PWC compound **bǝ̃la-bǝsa.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-lezg,caucet-khin,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *mos
Meaning: down, feather 1 tuft of hair
Chechen: mas
Ingush: mos
Comments: 4th class in Chech. and Ing. For PN a paradigm *mos, *masi- should be reconstructed (with vowel levelling in Chech.; cf. Chech. obl. mesa-).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *mus:VrV
Meaning: rag
Akhvakh: mos:olo (Tseg.)
Tindi: mus:ura
Comments: It is also possible that the same root is contained within PA *ƛ̣i-ns:Vr 'eyebrow' (with a variant *ƛ̣:i-ns:Vr): Av. ƛ̣:ens:ér, Chad. ƛ̣:ensér; And. lens:i-b, Akhv. ƛ̣es:e, Cham. ƛ̣:es:al, Tind. ins:ar etc. (Tind. > Inkh. esser). This is rather probable taking into consideration the meaning of the root in other NC languages. The first component of *ƛ̣i-ns:Vr can be an early contraction of PEC *ʡwĭlʡi 'eye' (*ʡli- > *ƛ̣i-) which otherwise regularly yielded PA *harHi.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-akv,aandet-tnd,aandet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: lis:u
Meaning: stripe, slice
Lak form: lis:u
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *märs:(a)
Meaning: 1 long rag, thread 2 yarn 3 remnants of wool
Tabasaran: mursul 1
Rutul: mes 3 (Khniukh)
Tsakhur: mɨsɨl 2
Kryz: mɨsra 2 (Al.)
Archi: mars:i 1
Comment: 3d class in Arch. and Kryz. The simple root is preserved in Rut., while other languages have expanded it with suffixes (*-j in Arch. and Kryz., *-l in Tab. and Tsakh.).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-krz,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Khinalug etymology :
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Khinalug root: mɨsɨr
North Caucasian etymology: 242
Meaning: string, thread
Khinalug form: mɨsɨr
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *p:ǝ̃sa
Meaning: eyebrow
Abkhaz: á-ǯ́ǝ-mš́
Abaza: ǯ́ǝ-msa
Adyghe: nā-pca
Kabardian: nā-bʒa
Ubykh: bLa-msá
Comments: For PWC a compound *bǝ̃lV-p:ǝ̃sa (**'eye-hair') should be reconstructed. The first part is normally reflected in Ub. bLa- and PAK *na-, but in PAT replaced by an obscure component *ǯ́ǝ- (PAT *ǯ́ǝ-mǝsV). In Abkh. a further assimilation has occurred (*ǯ́ǝ-ms > ǯ́ǝ-mš́). The strong *p:- in PWC is suggested by the PAK form *-p:c:a < *-p:sa (PAK *na-p:c:á).
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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