Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔeč̣V- (~ħ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: yellow

Tsezi: ič̣iw

Ginukh: ič̣diju

Khvarshi: -ejč̣u (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: eč̣uḳa

Comments: PTsKh *ʔeč̣V-.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *Hč̣wǟrV̄

Meaning: grey, yellow

Proto-Nakh: *ʡāč̣V- ( ~ -ǯ-)

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔeč̣V- (~ħ-)

Proto-Lak: č̣aIj-

Proto-Lezghian: *č̣ʷerɨ-

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. In PTs we would rather expect *č̣V(r)-, but rules of root structure development are often violated in adjectives (because of active class prefixation / suffixation); otherwise all correspondences are regular. The root must have denoted some light colour (yellowish, greyish).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *ʡāč̣V- (~ -ǯ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 light-bay, cream-coloured 2 yellow

Chechen: ʕōža 1

Ingush: ʕažaʁa 2

Lak etymology :

Lak root: č̣aIj-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: reddish, red-haired

Lak form: č̣aIj-s:a

Comments: Lak. č̣aIj- > Arch. č̣eIj 'light yellow (of hair, crops)'.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *č̣ʷerɨ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 grey 2 yellow

Rutul: č̣urɨ-d (Ikhr.) 1

Tsakhur: č̣oru-n 1

Budukh: č̣oru 2

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