Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *c̣oc̣ ( ~ -ʒ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: locust

Chechen: c̣oz

Ingush: c̣oz

Comments: 3d class in both languages. Oblique base *c̣ac̣i- (*c̣aʒi-), cf. Chech. c̣eza-, Ing. c̣ezo.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *c̣ĕlc̣ŭ

Meaning: a k. of insect

Proto-Nakh: *c̣oc̣ ( ~ -ʒ)

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *c̣orc̣a

Proto-Tsezian: *c̣ɔc̣ɔ- (~ a, -Ṽ-)

Proto-Dargwa: *c̣erc̣

Proto-Lezghian: *c̣ilc̣(a)

Proto-Khinalug: c̣ic̣in

Proto-West Caucasian: *ć̣ǝʒʷǝ

Notes: A rather widely spread common NC expressive reduplicated root.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *c̣orc̣a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: butterfly

Andian language: c̣orc̣a (Khaid.)

Comments: Isolated in And., but having probable external parallels.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *c̣ɔc̣ɔ- (~ a, -Ṽ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: glow-worm, firefly

Bezhta: c̣ac̣aka (Khaid.)

Comments: Attested only in Bezht., but having possible external parallels. The Bezht. word also means 'spark' and may in fact be a contamination of the present root with another one (cf. Gunz. c̣ǝḳǝ-ṭma 'fire-brand', see under PEC *c̣_wɨ̆jVkwŏ).

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *c̣erc̣

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cricket, locust, grasshopper

Akusha: c̣erc̣

Comments: Cf. also Ur. c̣irc̣, Tsud. c̣erc̣ 'grasshopper, locust'.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *c̣ilc̣(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grasshopper

Lezghian: c̣ic̣

Tabasaran: c̣ic̣

Agul: c̣irc̣ir ali

Rutul: c̣ɨc̣

Kryz: c̣ɨlc̣äng

Comment: 4th class in Kryz. and Rut. The Ag. word is from the Bursh. dialect (there also exists a variant c̣irc̣in ali there). Cf. also Kryz. Al. c̣ɨnc̣al 'grasshopper' (in Kryz. proper the word c̣ɨlc̣äng means both 'grasshopper' and 'butterfly'). It is not clear, how to relate here Bud. c̣ig 'grasshopper'. An expressive reduplicated root with some irregular changes.

Khinalug etymology :

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ć̣ǝʒʷǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 nit 2 flea 3 beetle, bug

Abkhaz: a-c̣ǝ́ʒ 1

Abaza: c̣ǝʒ 2

Adyghe: c̣ǝžǝ 3

Kabardian: c̣ǝv 3

Comments: PAT *ć̣ǝʒ́ǝ (cf. also Bzyb. a-ć̣ǝ́ʒ́ 'nit'); PAK c̣ǝzʷǝ́ (cf. also Ad. Tem. c̣ǝžǝ 'a k. of fly'). Kab. > Abaz. c̣ǝžʷ 'maggot of a gadfly'. In PAT we should expect *-ʒʷ-; there probably occurred an assimilation *ć̣ǝʒʷǝ > *ć̣ǝʒ́ǝ.

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