Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *kɔdV A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hair, long hair

Tsezi: kodi

Inkhokvari: kode

Comments: PTsKh *kode.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *kwĕnVdV̆ (~-ǝ̆-)

Meaning: bush, crown of a tree

Proto-Nakh: *kondV-r (~-a-)

Proto-Tsezian: *kɔdV A

Proto-West Caucasian: *kʷanǝda (~*ḱʷ-)

Notes: The root is not widely spread, but both phonetic and semantic correspondences are quite plausible. See Abdokov 1983, 105.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *kondV-r (~-a-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 crown of a tree; a k. of weed 2 savory

Chechen: kondar 1

Ingush: kondar 2

Batsbi: kondar 2

Comments: Forms with the meaning 'weed, savory' may be loaned from Georgian (cf. Georg. kondari); however, a reverse direction of borrowing is also possible.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *kʷanǝda (~*ḱʷ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bush, shrub

Adyghe: kʷānd

Comments: Cf. also Bzhed. kʷānda id. Shagirov's (1977) attempt to decompose the root must be considered unsuccessful.

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