Tsezian etymology : List with all references

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Vocalism is hard to reconstruct (probably because of Ablaut), although the shift *m- > *n- in PN suggests an original front vowel. In PTs one has to suppose a metathesis *ƛam- < *mVƛ-.

caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *nēlχ-in

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thin, sparse

Chechen: nilχa

Ingush: nīlχa

Batsbi: netχĩ

Comments: Cf. also Chech. Lev. njelχĩ, Khild. nīχĭ, Akk. njerχa. The pure root may be observed in Chech. nilχ-dan 'make thin, sparse', Bacb. netχ-dar id.

nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *hIɨ(m)ƛ̣:ä-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thin, narrow

Lezghian: šüḳü

Tabasaran: k:u-ru

Agul: ik:e-f, k:et:u-f

Rutul: ged-dɨ

Tsakhur: hɨIk:e-n

Kryz: kɨ-tä-d

Budukh: kɨtti

Comment: The pure root may be observed in Ag. and Tsakh.; the Lezg. form (cf. also Khl. šk:i) has an expressive prefix š-, while the Tab., Rut. and Shakh-dagh forms contain productive adjective suffixes -r- and -t:-. Because of the early vowel reduction in most languages, the medial nasal *-m- (which can be reconstructed on external evidence) has vanished in all languages.

Cf. Хайдаков 1973, 111.

lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-comment,

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