Tsezian etymology : Query result

Proto-Tsezian: [*-lV]

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: desiderative

Bezhta: -la

Proto-Tsezian: *LVrV (~ *L:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bosom

Ginukh: ʎili

Gunzib: rara (Nakh.)

Comments: Consonantal correspondences are all right (Gunz. rara < *lara through assimilation), but the vocalism is hard to reconstruct.

Proto-Tsezian: *-m

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a negative particle

Tsezi: -n-č̣

Ginukh: -go-m

Khvarshi: -b-č̣

Inkhokvari: -b-

Comments: PTsKh *-m (only in compounds with other particles; Tsez. -n- in -nč̣- is a result of assimilation). Reasons for denasalisation in Khvarsh. and Inkh. are not quite clear.

Proto-Tsezian: *madu-ƛa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: weasel, squirrel

Tsezi: maduƛi

Ginukh: maduƛa

Khvarshi: maduƛa (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: maduƛa

Comments: PTsKh *madu-ƛa (with irregular -i in the final weak syllable in Tsez.). The word is historically a compound < *madu-rVƛa, corresponding exactly to PA *handa-riƛ̣:u 'weasel'.

Proto-Tsezian: *maʁ:ur- (~-χ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tom-cat

Bezhta: maʁurdi (Khosh)

Gunzib: maʁurdi (Gunz.)

Comments: PGB *maʁurdi.

Proto-Tsezian: *mahV ( ~ -ħ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door frame

Bezhta: maha

Gunzib: mahaχ

Comments: PGB *maha (the Gunz. form is an old locative).

Proto-Tsezian: *maIru

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 mountain 2 hillock, knoll

Tsezi: maIli 2

Ginukh: malu 1

Khvarshi: mani (Radzhibov)

Bezhta: mä

Gunzib: maru

Comments: PTsKh *maIRV, PGB *maru. Cf. also Bezht. Tlad. märö, Khosh. märö 'mountain top'.

Proto-Tsezian: *maq

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 short stick,rod 2 stake 3 vertical stick (in fence)

Tsezi: maIq 1

Bezhta: maq 2

Gunzib: maq 3

Comments: PGB *maq. The oblique base was probably *mɨqu- (with a regular *a/*ɨ Ablaut): it is preserved now as a separate stem in Bezht. miqo, Gunz. mɨqu "pole" (also from this source comes Gin. nuqo id. with labialisation shift).

Proto-Tsezian: *maru

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nose

Tsezi: maIli

Ginukh: malu

Khvarshi: mani

Inkhokvari: maIne

Bezhta: märö

Gunzib: maru

Comments: PTsKh *maIRe/*maIRu, PGB *maru. -n- in Khvarsh. and Inkh. is a result of nasal assimilation.

Proto-Tsezian: *maṭa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: forehead

Bezhta: maṭa

Gunzib: maṭa

Comments: PGB *maṭa.

Proto-Tsezian: *maṭV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: goose

Tsezi: maṭi (Khaidakov)

Ginukh: maṭi

Comments: PTsKh *maṭi. Bezht. baṭi 'goose' is obviously borrowed from Georg. baṭi; but the Tsez. and Gin. word can not be explained in this way.

Proto-Tsezian: *mǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thou (2d p. sing. pronoun)

Tsezi: mi

Ginukh: me

Khvarshi: ma

Inkhokvari: mo

Bezhta: mi

Gunzib: mǝ

Comments: PTsKh *mǝ, PGB *m/ǝ/ (the reflex -i in Bezht. is irregular). This is only the direct base; the oblique one was formed in PTs suppletively from another root.

Proto-Tsezian: *micu ( ~ -ɨ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: corner, tip (of boots)

Bezhta: mico

Comments: Attested only in Bezht., but with probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *mič A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nettle

Tsezi: meča / meIča

Ginukh: meča

Khvarshi: mič (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: mič

Bezhta: mic

Gunzib: mič

Comments: PTsKh *mič (Tsez., Gin. miča is originally the oblique base, cf. Inkh. miča-); PGB *mič (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. mič). Obl. base *miča- (cf. Inkh. miča-, Bezht. mica-, Gunz. miča-).

Proto-Tsezian: *mihe A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: birch

Tsezi: mej

Ginukh: mij

Khvarshi: mĩhi-s (gen.)

Inkhokvari: mihe

Bezhta: miʔe

Gunzib: mihe-s (gen.)

Comments: PTsKh *mihe (cf. also Tsez. Sh., Kid. me), PGB *mihe (cf. also Bezht. Khosh., Tlad. mije).

Proto-Tsezian: *mihnV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 bird 2 young (of birds, animals)

Ginukh: mihna 1

Bezhta: mihna 1

Gunzib: minǝ 2

Comments: PGB *mihnV.

Proto-Tsezian: *m[i]ḳV-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 small, little 2 bear-cub

Inkhokvari: mic̣ḳare 1

Bezhta: ḳomori 2

Gunzib: meḳori 2

Comments: An expressive root with somewhat irregular correspondences (especially strange is the addition of -c̣- in Inkh.); but the basic shape and the meaning small may be reconstructed securely enough.

Proto-Tsezian: *miḳVr

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bundle

Gunzib: miḳar

Comments: Attested only in Gunz., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *mi[ƛ]u (~-ɨ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: handful

Tsezi: meru

Ginukh: meƛu

Comments: A strange case of a -r-:-ƛ- correspondence between Tsez. and Gin.

Proto-Tsezian: *miqV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far

Tsezi: maqIi

Ginukh: meqi

Khvarshi: miqe

Inkhokvari: miqe

Comments: PTsKh *miqe.