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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *čālu(n)
Meaning: 1 grey 2 roan
Chechen: čōla 1
Ingush: čɔla 2
Comments: Cf. also Cheb. čōlõ, Ved. čālã etc. The word resembles Turk. *čāl 'grey', but cannot be a loanword (because of its morphological structure); however, the Turk. word could have influenced the meaning of Nakh *čālu(n) - since the original meaning of the root in Dagestan languages is 'blue, green'.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦVč_wīlV
Meaning: green, blue
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The initial syllable with a laryngeal was lost in most languages (except Av. and PC), but has left behind pharyngealisation in Lak. and PL. Av. ʕurč:ín- is a transformation of *ʕuč:ir- (probably the result of adding a secondary suffix -Vn-: *ʕuč:ri-n- > ʕurč:in-). The fate of *-l- in PTs is not quite clear.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *HVrč:in-
Meaning: green
Avar: ʕurč:ína-b
Chadakolob: ʕurčína-b
Comments: Isolated in Av., but with possible external correspondences.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-avc,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *-VšV-
Meaning: 1 green 2 bright green
Tsezi: eš jiʎe (Radzhibov) 1
Ginukh: išjos 1
Khvarshi: iš-lajʎi 1 (Radzhibov)
Gunzib: r-už-nijas 2
Comments: PTsKh *ʔ[i]š-; the PTs vocalism is unclear.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-khv,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: š:uIlli-
Meaning: green
Lak form: š:uIlli-s:a
Comments: Cf. Khosr. š:uIl-di-s:a id.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *čʷiIlä-
Meaning: 1 green 2 blue 3 dim, muddy 4 wet 5 fish
Agul: čuIlle-f 2
Rutul: šildɨ 1
Tsakhur: čiIwan 1,4
Budukh: čula-ǯ 3
Udi: čaIli 5
Comment: Cf. also Ag. Bursh. č̌ule-r, Fit. küli-t 'blue'. Names for 'fish' are often derived from 'wet/green' in Caucasian languages. See Гигинейшвили 1977, 69, 96.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-bud,lezget-udi,lezget-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦV́čwī
Meaning: blue
Comments and references : HGC 38 (but the ST parallel given there belongs rather to *čVwV). sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *wVs
Meaning: blue
Kottish: urek-bas (Ass.) (Кл.) 'blue'
Arin: bis (М., Кл.) "голубой", (Сл.) "синий"
Comments: ССЕ 294. For the first part of the Assan compound cf. Kott. oreäk, ureäk 'green'. Werner (1, 131) suggests that the Ass. form means "like green", which is quite dubious if we take into consideration the independent Arin form bis. Note also Kott. bosarak 'fox-colored' - which may be actually a compound similar to urek-bas, but with a different order of components.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-kot,yenet-ari,yenet-notes,
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