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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *šḗrčV
Meaning: a kind of plant
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: *šērč_V
Meaning: a k. of grass
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Despite some phonetic problems, the etymology seems generally plausible. The semantic correlation "sedge" : "onion, garlic" is easily explained by external similarity of the leaves of these two plants.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *šārč
Meaning: sedge
Chechen: šač
Ingush: šarš
Comments: The reconstruction is highly tentative, because the Chech. and Ing. forms correspond badly to each other. It is not clear why Chech. lost -r-, and why in Ing. -č > -š. 4th class in both languages.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *š:erš:i
Meaning: onion, garlic
Akusha: širši (Ur.)
Comments: The word has an unexpected voiced ž in several dialects: Ak. žerši, Kait. šerži, Kub. š:ejže. It is possible that these forms are actually borrowed from Tabasaran: cf. forms like Düb. šerže 'garlic' (which is a regular reflex of *šerš:).
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *š(:)erš:(a)
Meaning: garlic
Tabasaran: šarš
Comment: Cf. also Düb. šerže (pointing to PL *-š:-). Attested only in Tab., but having probable external parallels.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-comment,
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *i=śać
Meaning: 1 broom (plant) 2 broom (implement) 3 tail (of animal) 4 sorghum
Bizkaian: gisats 1
Gipuzkoan: isats 1, 3
High Navarrese: isats 1, 2
Low Navarrese: iats, jats 1, 2, 4
Lapurdian: isats, itsats 1, 2, jats 1, 2, 4
Baztanese: itsats 1, 2
Zuberoan: jats 4
Roncalese: isats 1
Comments: isats 'tail' listed in Diccionario "IKAS" as general GIP. According to Azkue, restricted to the village of Beterri (for the meaning 'tail'). More generally 'broom' (made from furze, or other 'broom' plant of the Genisteae tribe).
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-gip,basqet-anv,basqet-bnv,basqet-lab,basqet-bzt,basqet-zbr,basqet-rnc,basqet-comments,
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