Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=Hi[ć_]V

Meaning: to rot

North Caucasian: *=Hić_V

Sino-Tibetan: *so (~-ew, -aw)

Comments and references : Some confusion here: in PST cf. also *ś[a]w `melt, boil' 1556; in PNC - *=Vš_Ē `ripen' 1742 and *=VršĒ `to rot, ferment' 2222; for PST cf. also *šáχwA.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *=Hić_V

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to rot, ferment

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *=ič:-

Proto-Lezghian: *ʡičä ( ~-e)

Notes: An Av.-And.-Lezg. isogloss.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *=Vč:-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to ferment 2 to turn sour

Avar: =eč:- 1

Chadakolob: =ecn- 1

Karata: =eč:an- 2

Comments: Cf. also Kar. Anch. =eč:- 'to turn sour'. The root reveals a variation between -0 and -n-conjugation.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʡičä ( ~-e)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to rot

Rutul: s-i=če-

Tsakhur: qI-ɨ=če-

Kryz: s-ä=č-

Budukh: s-e=č-

Archi: šeI-

Comment: Cf. also Arch. dur. šeIrši-r (a reduplication). See Талибов 1980, 300.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *so (~-ew, -aw)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rancid, rotten

Burmese: sǝwh be incipiently putrid, be stale, rancid.

Kachin: cu² be stale, rancid (cf. also (H) mǝšu mould, mildew).

Lushai: thu the fluid which comes from a corpse or any decomposing flesh.

Comments: Mikir thu rotten, BG: Garo so rot, decay; Dimasa thau id. Ben. 54; Mat. 182.

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