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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *bǝṭV (~-ǝ̃-)
Meaning: worm
Bezhta: beṭela
Gunzib: bǝṭi
Comments: PGB *bǝṭV (the Bezht. form has a suffixed *-lV).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *bēmṭV
Meaning: worm, snake
Notes: Although not very widely represented, the root seems quite reliable (although we should note that in PL we would rather expect *meṭ, and the absence of regressive nasalisation is still to be explained). See also *ɦwVmṭV 'red'. Cf. Trubetzkoy 1930, 277.
caucet-meaning,caucet-cez,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *p:e(m)ṭ (~b-)
Meaning: 1 snake 2 grub, larva (of a fly)
Lezghian: büṭ-rük 2 2
Tabasaran: biṭ 1 1
Comment: Cf. also Tab. Khiv. beṭ (pointing to *-e- or -ä-). The second component in the Lezg. form is probably the same as rüc/rük 'grass-snake', thus the meaning 'grub, larva' is clearly secondary (-ü- in the first syllable is a result of vowel assimilation). External data suggest that this root must have contained a medial nasal resonant; while *-n- would have been preserved in Tab. and Lezg., medial *-m- may be reconstructed (since in the position before *-ṭ- it is only distinguished from -0- in Archi).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *(a)mAṭA ~ *(a)PÃṭA
Meaning: snake
Abkhaz: á-mat
Abaza: matǝ (Ashkh.)
Ubykh: anṭá
Comments: PAT *matǝ (with secondary deglottalisation). Klimov (1967, 302) suggests that the root may be cognate with PAK *-nṭa in *Lanṭá 'flexible', but this is highly dubious. Ub. anṭá < *am(ǝ)ṭa with assimilation.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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