Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *lac:V-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 white 2 iron

Lezghian: lac:u 1

Tabasaran: lizi 1

Rutul: liz- 1 (Khniukh.)

Kryz: läzi 1

Budukh: lǝzu 1

Archi: lac:ut 2

Comment: The original meaning is preserved in Archi (cf. external parallels); in other languages we observe a semantic shift *'light metal' > 'light, white'.

    See Талибов 1980, 268.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *lŏʒV̄

Meaning: bright metal

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *rizV

Proto-Tsezian: *lɔs ( ~r-, -s:)

Proto-Lezghian: *lac:V-

Proto-West Caucasian: *c:a (~ *ć:-)

Notes: Although not very widely spread, the root seems quite reliable both phonetically and semantically.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *rizV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: brass

Avar: rez

Akhvakh: lezi

Comments: Akhv. lezi 'bronze' reflects a suffixed variant *rizi-l. This form is attested only in Northern Akhvakh; other dialectal forms (Tseg. izi, Tlan. ezi etc.) are obviously borrowed from Turkic (cf. Kum. jez).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *lɔs ( ~r-, -s:)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bolt, bar

Inkhokvari: los

Comments: Attested only in Inkh., but having probable external parallels (if we assume a rather usual semantic development 'metal, iron' > 'bolt').

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *c:a (~ *ć:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tin, zinc

Adyghe: cafǝ

Kabardian: ʒaxʷ

Comments: PAK *c:a-xʷǝ́ (a compound with PAK *xʷǝ 'white', see Shagirov 1, 167). Despite Balkarov (1965, 49) the root *c:a- is not related to PAK *p:c:a- in the word for 'lead' (q.v.).

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