Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *gunc

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: day

Yasin: gunc

Hunza: gunc

Nagar: gunc

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʁweŋV́

Meaning: day

North Caucasian: *ʁwĕmdV

Yenisseian: *χōŋ

Burushaski: *gunc

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ʁwĕmdV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: day

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝdǝ

Proto-Lak: hant:a

Notes: A Tsez-Lak. isogloss.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝdǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 day 2 tomorrow

Tsezi: ʁudi 1, ʁude 2

Ginukh: ʁʷede 1

Khvarshi: ʁʷade (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: ʁode 2

Bezhta: wodo 1

Gunzib: wǝdǝ 1

Comments: PTsKh *ʁʷǝdǝ; PGB *wǝdǝ. The root is homonymic with PTs *ʁ:ʷǝdǝ 'rain' (q.v.), which is most probably accidental (cf. different parallels in Laki).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: hant:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 24 hours, day

Lak form: hant:a

Comments: Cf. also hunt:ī, Khosr. hunt:ī 'tomorrow'. Lak. hant:a > Arch. hant:i 'some time, a certain amount of time'.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *χōŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: day

Ket: qɔŋ⁴ (South.), North. qɔŋǝ⁴ / qɔ:ŋǝ⁴ 'by daytime'

Yug: xɔ:^hŋ⁴ 'by daytime'

Kottish: hōnaŋ 'not long ago' ( < *hōŋ-aŋ with dissimilation)

Arin: xagalɨ (Стр.) "sun"

Pumpokol: xaŋgačed́in (Сл.) "day", (Срсл.) xog, (Кл.) xeg id., (Срсл.) xok "light"

Comments: ССЕ 303. Not quite clear are the Ket forms recorded by Klaproth (xokene 'day') and Miller (xóg(k)ene 'day'). Werner 2, 108 <*qɔʔǝŋǝ / *qɔʔkǝŋǝ>.

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