North Caucasian etymology : Query result

Proto-North Caucasian: *HnēHwV̄

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bee; (honey) > sweet

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *HuʔVn-

Proto-Tsezian: *nɨja- B

Proto-Lak: naj

Proto-Lezghian: *meʔ(ʷ)V-lV- (~ -ʡ-)

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. It is hard to establish whether the original meaning was 'bee' (preserved only in Lak.) or 'sweet' (and 'bee' in Lak. metaphorically as 'sweet-maker'). One of the rare cases of the root structure *HRVHV. In PL (Tab.) m- is the result of secondary labialisation (*neHwV- > *meHwV-).