Tsezian etymology : Query result

Proto-Tsezian: *miša-χu ( ~ -ɨ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mint

Tsezi: mešaħu

Ginukh: mečaħu

Comments: PTsKh *mišaχ̥1̇u (-č- in Gin. is irregular, probably under influence of *mič(a) 'nettle' q.v.).

Proto-Tsezian: *miš:u

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sickle

Gunzib: mišu

Comments: External evidence shows that Gunz. mišu should be kept apart from PTsKh *nišu 'sickle' (cf. in PA the opposition *ničo : *mirčV), although of course the phonetics and meaning of PTs *niš:u could have influenced the Gunzib form.

Proto-Tsezian: *miχ(e) A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tail

Tsezi: maħi

Ginukh: mihi

Khvarshi: mihĩ

Inkhokvari: mihe

Bezhta: miʁ

Gunzib: miʁ

Comments: PTsKh *miχ̥1̇e, PGB *miʁ.

Proto-Tsezian: *miχV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: roasted grain

Tsezi: maħu

Ginukh: mihi

Khvarshi: mihe (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: mihe

Comments: PTsKh *miχ̥1̇V.

Proto-Tsezian: *miž(:)ɔ A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: you (2d p. plur.)

Tsezi: meži

Ginukh: meži

Khvarshi: mižo

Inkhokvari: mižo

Bezhta: miže

Gunzib: miže

Comments: PTsKh *miže / *mižo; PGB *miže. To judge from the Inkh. evidence, originally the stem *miž(:)e was used as ergative (Inkh. miže), and the stem *miž(:)ɔ - as nominative (Inkh. mižo).

The initial labial in PTs *miž(:)e is hard to separate from PA *b- in *biš:-di-, Av. m- in muž 'you'. This means, that the original oblique (genitive) base *-iźwV- (with the class prefixes *w- or *u_-) changed its function to direct as early as in Proto-Avaro-Ando-Tsezian. See below for more details.

Proto-Tsezian: *mɨc A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tongue

Tsezi: mec

Ginukh: mec

Khvarshi: mec

Inkhokvari: mɨc

Bezhta: mic

Gunzib: mɨc

Comments: PTsKh *mɨc; PGB *mɨc.

Proto-Tsezian: *mɨLV ( ~ -ʎ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 hem (of a garment) 2 flap, skirt

Bezhta: miʎil 1

Gunzib: muli (Nakh.) 2

Comments: PGB *mɨLi- (with -ɨ- > -u- after a labial in Gunz.; the Bezht. form has a suffixed -l, cf. a different suffix in Bezht. Khosh. miʎin id.).

Proto-Tsezian: *mɨq̇

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: chisel

Bezhta: muq̇

Gunzib: mɨq̇

Comments: PGB *mɨq̇ (-u- in Bezht. is obviously secondary, under the influence of m-).

Proto-Tsezian: *mɨs:V A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 sand 2 road metal

Ginukh: mese 1

Bezhta: miso 1

Gunzib: mɨsu 2

Comments: PGB *mɨsu.

Proto-Tsezian: *mɨsV (~-Z-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: earth

Bezhta: mizo

Gunzib: mɨzǝ

Comments: PGB *mɨzV.

Proto-Tsezian: *mocu (~-u-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rib

Inkhokvari: mucu

Comments: Isolated in Inkh., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *moħ A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 oats 2 acorn ( < *grain)

Ginukh: mu 1

Bezhta: miʔẽ (Tlad.) 2

Gunzib: moh 2

Comments: PGB *moh, obl. *mɨhe- (in Gunz. moha- there occurred a secondary vowel levelling).

Proto-Tsezian: *momV-la

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pimple

Bezhta: momola

Gunzib: momla

Comments: PGB *momo-la.

Proto-Tsezian: *mos: (~-u-,-s)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hair 1 hair; eyelash

Tsezi: mus

Ginukh: mus 1

Khvarshi: mus (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: mus

Comments: PTsKh *mus.

Proto-Tsezian: *moṭo

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: face

Bezhta: moṭo

Gunzib: moṭo

Comments: PGB *moṭo.

Proto-Tsezian: *mɔče A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: place; ground; field

Tsezi: moči

Ginukh: moči

Bezhta: mače

Gunzib: mɔče

Comments: PTsKh *moče, PGB *mɔče (cf. also Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. mäče). The PTs oblique stem can be reconstructed as *mičV- > PTsKh *mičV- (Tsez. /Bokarev/ meče-, /Imnaishvili/ mečo-), PGB *mičV- (Gunz. mičo-, Bezht. Tlad. /Bokarev/ miča-).

Proto-Tsezian: *mɔʁ:u (~-χ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: body

Bezhta: maʁo

Gunzib: mɔʁu

Comments: PGB *mɔʁu. With Ablaut cf. PGB *muʁa- 'behind' (Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. müʁä-ttǟ, Gunz. muʁa-ƛdo).

Proto-Tsezian: *mɔħ(V) B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fat (n.)

Tsezi: mo

Ginukh: miʔi / mihi

Khvarshi: mu (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: mu

Bezhta: mähä

Gunzib: maʔa

Comments: PTsKh *möʔ(e) (cf. also Gin. by Lomtadze müʔi; Khvarsh. and Inkh. -u- is not quite clear); PGB *mɔhɔ (the Gunz. form probably is a misspelling for mɔʔɔ, cf. also the notation for Nakhada dialect: maʕɔ).

Proto-Tsezian: *mɔkV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 sheepskin 2 fur-coat

Bezhta: maku 2

Gunzib: mɔgɔ 1

Comments: PGB *mɔku (obl. base *mɔkɔ-li- > Bezht. maka-li-, Gunz. mɔgɔ-li-; in Gunz. the obl. base vocalism influenced the direct stem; cf. also Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. mäkä 'fur-coat' with the same vocalic development). The seemingly close PTsKh *boko 'fur-coat' can not correspond to PGB *mɔku phonetically and is actually a loan from Andian (see *wǟkwV).

Proto-Tsezian: *mɔL(:)- (~-ʎ-,-ʎ:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to teach

Ginukh: moʎ-

Comments: Attested only in Ginukh, but having good external parallels.