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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *lić
Meaning: 1 spittle, saliva 2 small drop of liquid (on the ground) 3 small puddle 4 scum (on pond) 5 slime (of slug), slime (on hands) 6 quagmire
High Navarrese: lis-tu 1, lits, litx 2
Low Navarrese: lis-ka 6, (Aldude) lis-ka 4, lis-ka-da 4
Lapurdian: lis-ka 5, (Ainhoa) lis-ka 3, ur-lis-ka 3
Baztanese: lis-tu 1, lix-tu-r 3
Comments: It is possible that some of these words belong instead with Bsq *lincu-ra 'marsh, bog', *lisu-n 'moldy, dirty' (q.v.).
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-anv,basqet-bnv,basqet-lab,basqet-bzt,basqet-comments,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ƛV(m)č̣V
Meaning: saliva, slime, pus
Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ƛămVč̣V (~ *x-)
Meaning: saliva; pus
Notes: An And.-Tsez. isogloss, very poorly represented - thus the reconstruction is rather uncertain. This may be an expressive variant of PEC *lōmVʒ_ĭ 'dirt, pus' q.v.
caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ƛa(m)c̣:V (~*ʎ-,-o-)
Meaning: saliva
Tindi: ʎac:i
Comments: The Tind. word is obviously a contamination with PA *hac̣:i 'saliva' q.v.; thus the PA reconstruction in this case is not certain.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-tnd,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ʎ:amač̣V (~ L(:)-)
Meaning: pus
Tsezi: ʎač̣i
Ginukh: ʎamač̣i
Comments: PTsKh *ʎamač̣e / *ʎãč̣e. It is not clear how these forms are related to PGB *ž[ɔ̃]č̣ 'pus' (also irregular: Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. žöž /with assimilation/, Gunz. žãč̣).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-comment,
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