Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *mä̆sV́

Meaning: tinder, mushroom

North Caucasian: *mä̆sA

Sino-Tibetan: *maw (~-ew)

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *mä̆sA

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tinder

Proto-Dargwa: *mis, *misV-la

Proto-Lezghian: *mäs

Proto-West Caucasian: *mǝsa

Notes: The EC-WC comparison seems quite reliable. Note the identical compounds (with "fire"): PL *c̣ojɨ-mäs = PAT *cʷǝ-mǝsa.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *mis, *misV-la

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tinder

Akusha: milha / mirha

Chiragh: mis

Comments: Ak. milha / mirha goes back to *mis with a *-la suffix; the Russ.-Darg. dictionary also lists a form milta, which must be actually a form from the Kubachi dialect (with the typical development *s > t).

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *mäs

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tinder

Lezghian: c̣imac̣ (Khl.)

Agul: mesʷ

Rutul: c̣ɨmäs / c̣ümäs

Tsakhur: c̣imis

Comment: Cf. also Tsakh. Gelm. c̣imes id. The Lezg., Rut. and Tsakh. form reflect the PL compound *c̣ojɨ-mäs (with *c̣ojɨ-, the obl. stem of *c̣aj 'fire', lit. 'fire-tinder'; the Lezg. form underwent assimilation - c̣imac̣ < *c̣imas). Labialisation in Ag. is probably secondary (assimilation to m-, or analogical from the obl. base mes-ura-). 4th class in Rut., but 3d class in Tsakhur.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *mǝsa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tinder

Abkhaz: a-č̌msá

Abaza: čʷǝmsa

Ubykh: pa-msá

Comments: PAT *cʷǝ-mǝsa (cf. also Bzyb. a-č̌-msá; the first part of the compound reflects the root "fire", see *mAc̣ʷa). The Ubykh form is also a compound, with a not quite clear first component (perhaps it can be identified with pa- "beech-tree", and the whole word originally means "tinder made of tree fungus").

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *maw (~-ew)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mushroom

Tibetan: ? mog-śa, mog-ro mushroom.

Burmese: hmǝw, LB *s-mǝw mushroom.

Kachin: kǝmu¹ mushroom.

Lushai: KC: Mikir ki-mu.

Comments: BG: Dimasa mŭ-khmu, Garo meʔ-gu-mu, Bodo mǝy-khúm; (?) Kham mòN id. Sh. 407; Ben. 114; Mat. 169.

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