Tsezian etymology : Query result

Proto-Tsezian: *muzo B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bog

Tsezi: mez / mezo

Ginukh: mozo

Inkhokvari: muzo-n

Comments: PTsKh *mu_zo (~ -ü-).

Proto-Tsezian: *mužǝ A (~ -ž:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 nest 2 bed 3 horse-cloth 4 floor

Tsezi: muži 1,2

Ginukh: muži 1,2,3

Khvarshi: muža 1,2

Inkhokvari: muže 1,2

Bezhta: mužo 3,4

Gunzib: miže 4

Comments: PTsKh *mužǝ; PGB *mužǝ. PTs had here a paradigm with Ablaut, cf. in Tsez. the obl. stem meže- < *miže-, which is reflected also (but already having superseded the direct stem) in Gunz. miže., Bezht. Khosh., Tlad. müže.

Proto-Tsezian: *müqɔ-r(ǝ) A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: back

Ginukh: moqoli

Bezhta: miqā

Gunzib: mɨqǝr

Comments: PGB *mɨqɔr(ǝ) (cf. also Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. miqaro). In Gunz. the final *-ǝ disappeared, having turned the previous ɔ into ǝ.

Proto-Tsezian: *mV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a demonstrative stem

Tsezi: he-me-si

Comments: Preserved only in Tsez.(he-me-si 1st cl., he-me-ʎa 2-4th cl. 'that (far, invisible'), but having good external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *-mV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 obl. and plur. stem marker 2 obl. stem marker

Tsezi: -ma-, -me- 1

Ginukh: -mo- 2

Inkhokvari: -mo- 2

Proto-Tsezian: *nani

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: doll

Bezhta: nani

Gunzib: nani

Comments: PGB *nani. Cf. also Bezht. Tlad. näni 'pupil of the eye'.

Proto-Tsezian: *nek̥1̇V-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 blue 2 green 3 grey

Tsezi: niga 1,3

Ginukh: nik-diju 1,2,3

Comments: PTsKh *nek̥1̇V-.

Proto-Tsezian: *nene

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: female breast, teat

Bezhta: nene

Gunzib: nene

Comments: PGB *nene.

Proto-Tsezian: *niqe

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pine-tree

Bezhta: niqe (Khosh.)

Gunzib: niqe-s

Comments: PGB *niqe.

Proto-Tsezian: *niš:u ( ~ -š-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sickle

Tsezi: nešu

Ginukh: nešu

Inkhokvari: nišu

Comments: PTsKh *nišu. It is interesting to note Khvarsh. (Radzhibov) niču id. - obviously a modification of *nišu under the influence of PA *ničo (q.v.).

Proto-Tsezian: *niχV (~ -ɨ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: oak-tree

Tsezi: naho

Ginukh: nihi / nij

Bezhta: niʁe

Comments: PTsKh *n[ɨ]χ̥1̇V (̃-i-) (cf. also Tsez. /Imn./ neχIu ~ naħu, Sh. naħu).

Proto-Tsezian: *nɨʔV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: whey

Bezhta: niʔa

Gunzib: nɨʔa (Leksika)

Comments: PGB *nɨʔa 'whey' - probably etymologically connected with *=ĩʔ- 'to become wet, soak' (Gunz. =ĩʔ-), cf. also PGB *-ĩʔa-ru 'wet' > Bezht. Tlad. -ĩʔa-rö, Khosh. iʔaro, Gunz. ĩʔãru).

Proto-Tsezian: *nɨd- ?

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hear

Gunzib: nɨd-

Comments: Isolated in Gunz. with no obvious etymology.

Proto-Tsezian: *nɨja- B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sweet

Tsezi: nija-w

Khvarshi: ninu (Radzhibov)

Bezhta: nija-ro (Khosh.)

Gunzib: nija-ru (Gunz.)

Comments: PTsKh *n[ǝ]j- (with differnt suffixes); PGB *nija-ru (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. nijä-rö).

Proto-Tsezian: *nɔcǝ A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: louse

Tsezi: noci

Ginukh: noce

Khvarshi: nuca

Inkhokvari: noco

Bezhta: naco

Gunzib: nɔcǝ

Comments: PTsKh *nocǝ, PGB *nɔcǝ.

Proto-Tsezian: *nɔqʷV / *mɔqʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 oak-tree, acorn 2 alder-tree

Tsezi: noqi 2 (Isakov)

Ginukh: noqe 2 (Isakov)

Khvarshi: muqu-rḳa 1

Inkhokvari: muqu-rḳa 1

Bezhta: naqo (Khosh.) 2

Gunzib: nɔqe 2 (Isakov)

Comments: PTsKh *noqu / *moqu-; PGB *nɔqʷe.

Proto-Tsezian: *nɔq̇(ʷ) (~ -a-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dirt

Bezhta: naq̇

Comments: Isolated in Bezht., but with good correspondences in Lezghian languages.

Proto-Tsezian: *nɔχ:u A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 chaff 2 straw

Tsezi: noχu 1

Ginukh: noχu 1

Khvarshi: jũχu (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: jõχu 1

Bezhta: naχo 2

Gunzib: nɔχu 2

Comments: PTsKh *noχu (reasons for the metathesis of nasalisation in Khvarsh. and Inkh. are not clear); PGB *nɔχu (Bokarev has Gunz. naχu, which is a misspelling, cf. the MSU recording: nɔχu).

Proto-Tsezian: *nucV A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: honey

Tsezi: nuci

Ginukh: nuce

Khvarshi: nuca

Inkhokvari: nucu

Bezhta: nuco

Gunzib: nucu

Comments: PTsKh *nucǝ; PGB *nucu. The Tsezian languages have preserved only the derivate 'honey'; the Inkh. form nuca-gu 'sweet' is a late back-formation from nuco 'honey'.

Proto-Tsezian: *nuq

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: armpit

Bezhta: nuq-uƛ

Gunzib: nuq, nuq-iƛ

Comments: PGB *nuq (forms in -ƛ are subessive).