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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *khaỵ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: hook
Yasin: kha
Hunza: khaỵ
Nagar: khaỵ
Comments: Sh. khã́ã
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,buruet-notes,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *k[ǝ̄]č̣wɨ̆́
Meaning: hook
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *kɨ̄č̣wɨ̆
Sino-Tibetan: Burm. khjit 'hook; boat-hook; buckle'
Yenisseian: *kēč ( ~ g-, -ǯ)
Burushaski: *khaỵ
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *kɨ̄č̣wɨ̆
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hook, curved
Proto-Nakh: *kōč̣el-iḳ ( ~ -ǯ-)
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ḳič̣-
Proto-Tsezian: *kVč̣(ʷ)V
Proto-Lak: ḳič̣
Proto-Dargwa: *ḳič̣
Proto-Lezghian: *ḳuč̣
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Except for assimilative glottalisation in some languages (which is a usual phenomenon), correspondences are regular. The root must have specifically meant 'hook, hook for fastening > clasp, buckle' (which explains the frequent semantic shift > 'button'). An apparent EC loan is Georg. kič̣o 'meat-hook (of a butcher).
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *kōč̣el-iḳ ( ~ -ǯ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: stick with a hook; hook, gaff
Chechen: kȫžalg
Ingush: kožolg
Comments: 4th class in Chech., 6th class in Ing. In the Russ.-Chech. dictionary the Chech. word is glossed as kožalg; in the Russ.-Chech.-Ing. dictionary - as kožolg.

    The word has an *-l-suffix (with a following diminutive). The suffixless stem is probably reflexed in Chech. ḳāža 'hinge, door-hinge' (with an assimilation ḳ- < k-, as in some other EC languages).

nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,

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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *ḳič̣V
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 hook 2 hinge, buckle 3 noose 4 loop
Avar: ḳič̣ 1,3
Chamalal: ḳič̣ʷ 2
Godoberi: ḳič̣i 4
Comments: Cf. also Av. ḳič̣- 'to bend', God. ḳič̣-ĩ id. A quite strange form is Av. (Uslar) kuc 'metallic button' - is it a dialectal form of the same root, modified under influence of kuc 'shape'?
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *kVč̣(ʷ)V
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 hook 2 buckle 3 hoop
Tsezi: kač̣u 3
Khvarshi: kač̣u (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: kač̣u 2
Gunzib: ḳɔ̃č̣i 1
Comments: PTsKh *kač̣u. The Gunz. form is somewhat irregular (assimilated ḳ- < k- and unclear vocalism with nasalisation); still it is difficult to separate it from the PTsKh form. We deal, perhaps, in this case with old interdialectal borrowing.

    The Tsezian languages have some other resembling forms which are still harder to explain phonetically: PGB *geža 'button, buttonhole' (Bezht. Tlad. geža, Khosh. geza 'button', Gunz. geža 'buttonhole'); Bezht. Tlad. gečä, Khosh. geco 'buckle'; Gin. kiči 'ring', Bezht. kiči 'lace-knot'. These are most probably results of contaminations and old interlingual / interdialectal borrowings.

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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: ḳič̣
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: button
Lak form: ḳič̣
Comments: Cf. Khosr. ḳič̣ id.
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *ḳič̣
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hook; buckle
Akusha: ḳič̣
Comments: Cf. also Ur. ḳič̣ 'hook; button', Kub. č̣ič̣ id, Kharb. č̣ič̣ 'button', Tsud., Sirg. ḳič̣, Muir., Kait. č̣ič̣ 'hook'.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ḳuč̣
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 button 2 hook, buckle 3 door lock 4 hooked, bent
Agul: ḳuč̣ 1
Rutul: ḳɨč̣ 2
Tsakhur: ḳɨč̣ 1
Archi: ḳič̣ 3
Udi: k:oč:I 4
Comment: Cf. also Arch. plur. ḳoč̣-or. Obl. base *ḳuč̣ɨ- (cf. Rut. ḳɨč̣i-, Tsakh. ḳɨč̣ɨ-). 3d class in Rut. and Arch., 4th class in Tsakh. Vinogradova-Klimov (1979, 157) supposed that the word was borrowed from Armenian (k:ǝč:ak: 'button'), but this is unacceptable: the Arm. form has no Indoeuropean etymology and is most probably borrowed from Caucasian.

    See Лексика 1971, 214; Хайдаков 1973, 93; Талибов 1980, 289.

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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *kēč ( ~ g-, -ǯ)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to bend
Ket: abɨ-ɣɛ̄t 'es biegt sich'
Yug: kɛ:h
Comments: Werner 1, 421 (w.r.).
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : KVCV
Meaning : ring, hook
Eurasiatic : *ḳVCV (also *kVCV)
Sino-Caucasian : *kɨ̄č̣wɨ̆́
Amerind (misc.) : *ḳuCu 'knee; curved' (under *ḳutu 'elbow' R 219); *q̇uča 'elbow' (R 221) [+ A K]
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-scc,globet-amer,

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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ḳVč`V
Meaning: ring, spool
Borean: Borean
Altaic: *k`ĕsa ( ~ -o) (cf. also *kósV)
Uralic: *kečä (cf. also *kićV ~ *küćV 'knot; girdle'?)
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`ĕsa ( ~ -o)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: spool, spool string
Russian meaning: катушка, моток, нить из катушки
Turkic: *K(i)as-
Tungus-Manchu: *xesi-
Japanese: *kasai
Comments: Martin (JLTT 441) unites Jpn. kase 'spool' and kase 'fetters, shackles'; the two words, however, are clearly opposed in OJ and seem to have quite different Altaic origin (on *kàsi 'fetters' see under PA *k`ìĺa). PJ *kasai 'spool' surely cannot be separated from PT *K(i)as- 'hoop, hoop brace'; the attribution of PTM *xesi- is less secure: it can belong here if we suppose a semantic development 'spool' > 'spool string' > 'string in net'.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *K(i)as-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to constrict, tighten 2 brace joining the wheel hoop and its wooden part 3 block, tambour 4 iron hoop on a cask
Russian meaning: 1 затягивать, стягивать 2 скоба, соединяющая обод колеса и его деревянную часть 3 шкив, пяльцы 4 железный обод на бочке
Turkish: kas- 1
Uzbek: qasnɔɣ (dial.) 2
Uighur: qasa- 1, qasqan 'hoop of a tambourine'
Azerbaidzhan: GasnaG, GasaG 3
Turkmen: Gas- 1, Gasŋaq 2
Khakassian: xas- (Sag., Koib.) 'to place the halter on the saddle bow'
Oyrat: qasta- 1
Tuva: qa`sta- 1
Kirghiz: qasas- 1, qasqan 4
Noghai: qasnaq 2
Karakalpak: qasnaq 2
Comments: ЭСТЯ 5, 329-330.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xesi-n
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: string in net edge
Russian meaning: веревка, стягивающая сеть
Spoken Manchu: xešǝn, xesǝn 'brim; strap' (2606)
Literary Manchu: xešen 'edge (of net etc.)'
Ulcha: xesi(n)
Nanai: xesĩ
Oroch: xesi(n)
Comments: ТМС 1, 483.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kasai
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: spool, tool for spinning, spool string
Russian meaning: катушка, инструмент для наматывания, нить из катушки
Old Japanese: kase, kasep(j)i
Middle Japanese: kase
Tokyo: kase
Comments: JLTT 441.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 277
Proto: *kečä
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: ring, circle
German meaning: Kreis, Ring, Reifen
Finnish: kehä 'Kreis, Ring' ( > Saam. N geha ~ gähe 'unfinished loghouse (without doors, windows, roof)'
Estonian: keha 'Körper, Rumpf; Gefäß, Geschirr'
Saam (Lapp): (kes, kesa (S) 'gyrus, circus' - rejected by Redei because of vocalism)
Mordovian: či (E), ši (M) 'Sonne, Tag'
Mari (Cheremis): kečǝ (KB), kećǝ̑ (U), keče (B)
Udmurt (Votyak): ki̮č, ki̮š (S), kǝ̑š (K) 'Schlinge, Schleife'
Komi (Zyrian): ki̮č (S) 'Ohrring; Mondhof, Sonnenring; Schlinge', køč (PO) 'Ring'
Khanty (Ostyak): kö̆č (V) 'Ring am Ende des Dchneeschuhstabes; Mündungsreifen des Beutelnetzes, der Reuse'
Mansi (Vogul): küš (TJ), kis (KU), kiš (P), kis (So.) 'Reif', tōrėm-kistiläp (K) 'Regenbogen', kis (N) 'Reifen, Bogen'
Hungarian: (same as in *kećV)
Selkup: (k͔oč (N) 'Ohrring' - rejected by Redei because of vocalism)
Sammalahti's version: FP *keččä
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