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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *SV(n)SV
Meaning: a kind of bird
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: *šVnšV / *čVnčV (~ -l-)
Meaning: a k. of bird
Notes: Like many birdnames, a reduplicated expressive root with some irregular phonetic variations. The original root must have denoted a medium sized dark bird (cf. various meanings in modern languages: 'blackbird, wild turkey, swallow, pigeon'). Cf. also Hurr. zinz-aBǝ 'pigeon' (or 'swallow'), see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 45.It is interesting to note similar birdnames in Georgian: šašvi 'blackbird', šošia 'starling'.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-khin,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *šaršu-l
Meaning: thrush, blackbird
Chechen: šoršal
Comments: Attested only in Chech., but having possible external parallels.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *čʷančʷa / *sanča
Meaning: 1 wild turkey 2 swallow
Akhvakh: čʷãčʷa 1
Chamalal: sanča-ra 2 (Gig.)
Comments: An expressive root, with somewhat irregular correspondences.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-akv,aandet-chm,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *š:aš:V (~-ɔ-,-Ṽ-)
Meaning: swallow
Bezhta: šašu
Comments: Attested only in Bezht., but having probable external parallels.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-bzt,cezet-comment,
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Khinalug etymology :
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Khinalug root: čänč
North Caucasian etymology: 1202
Meaning: pigeon
Khinalug form: čänč
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *č̣VšʷV
Meaning: swallow
Abkhaz: á-ž̌c̣ǝ-s
Abaza: žʷc̣ǝ
Adyghe: ṗc̣āšχʷ
Kabardian: ṗc̣āšχʷa
Ubykh: c̣ǝ́šχa
Comments: PAT *zʷǝć̣ǝ (cf. Bz. á-ź̌ć̣); PAK *ṗc̣ášχʷa. A complicated case. If we assume a metathesis and secondary voicing in PAT (*zʷǝć̣ǝ < *ć̣ǝsʷǝ), the PAT form can be compared to PAK *ṗc̣aš- and Ub. c̣ǝš-, yielding the reconstruction *č̣VšʷV. *-χʷa in PAK and -χa in Ub. can be considered as a second element of compound (meaning probably "grey"). See Abdokov 1973, 65. Since the PAK form can hardly be separated from Ub. and PAT, the inner analysis of PAK *ṗc̣ášχʷa as "black, dark" + "blue" (see Shagirov 2, 50) seems to be a folk etymology.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *soso ~ *šošo
Meaning: blackbird (Turdus merula)
Bizkaian: zozo
Gipuzkoan: zozo
High Navarrese: zozo
Low Navarrese: xoxo, (Aldude) zozo
Lapurdian: xoxo
Baztanese: zozo
Zuberoan: xoxo
Roncalese: xoxo
Comments: xoxo [šošo] is the diminutive/expressive variant, generalized as the unmarked term in northeastern dialects. Cf. PNC *šVnšV / *čVnčV 'a kind of bird' (Chechen šoršal 'thrush, blackbird', etc.).
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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