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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: χ:aIlcu
Meaning: spider
Lak form: χ:aIlcu
Comments: Cf. also dial. (Khaid.) qarcu 'spider'; Khosr. χ:Iʷarcu id.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *χarVcwV / *caχwVrV
Meaning: spider
Notes: The root is expressive and subject to irregular changes (metatheses etc.), therefore the reconstruction is rather tentative. Some other EC forms can be regarded also as very irregular reflexes of the same root: cf. PD *qisqa (Ak. qisqa, Chir. qisqa-ne etc.), Bezht. (Khaid.) kala-ʁasq̇i (with further transformations: Gunz. kɔlɔq̇i / halaki) 'spider'; see also comments to Andian and Lezghian reflexes. Despite all these difficulties (rather expected in a word meaning 'spider'), the root seems more or less reliably reconstructable for PNC.
caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *χ:aracV-n (~ o)
Meaning: spider
Karata: χ:arazan
Comments: Cf. also Kar. Rach., Anch. χ:aracan id. The root is subject to very irregular changes: cf. other apparently related, but absolutely distorted forms: And. misq:ara, God. nusaχar, Tind. isq:ara, possibly also Akhv. q:aq:ara, Av. q:ánq:ra.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-krt,aandet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *χarVsʷ / *χasʷVr
Meaning: 1 spider 2 spider's web
Lezghian: χüšre-kan 1
Tabasaran: χaš̌ / χʷaš̌ 1
Rutul: χaš (Shin.) 2
Tsakhur: χawsi (Gelm.) 2
Archi: ḳʷeṭ-χʷarši 2
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Akht. mihman-χaš 'spider', Rut. Shin. χašamkal id., Tab. Düb. χašχaš id. The original hissing sibilant is preserved in Tsakh.; it shifted to *š (*šʷ) in other languages due to a merger with another PL root, *χʷärčVj 'worm' q.v. - both roots are very actively contaminating in modern Lezghian languages.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *p-šaχʷa ( ~ -s-)
Meaning: spider
Ubykh: psáχʷa
Comments: Isolated in Ub., but having probable EC parallels.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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