Tsezian etymology : Query result

Proto-Tsezian: *šimV ( ~ š:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 grave 2 heap, mound

Tsezi: šem 2

Bezhta: šuna

Gunzib: šima

Comments: PGB *šima (with a rather unique metathesis of labialisation in Bezht.; cf. also Tlad., Khosh. šünä).

Proto-Tsezian: *šɨgʷǝ (~ š:-,-i-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mare

Ginukh: šegʷe

Bezhta: šugo

Gunzib: šugu

Comments: PTsKh *šigʷǝ (~-ɨ-). The same root can be probably discovered also, with irregular transformations, in Tsez. širšaʁIu 'horses (collect.)', probably going back to *šigʷ(V)-sirjo "mare+stallion" (cf. the same compound in Gunz. šugu-sǝrjo, Bezht. Tl. šügö-sojra).

PGB *šugu.

Proto-Tsezian: [*-š(:)-]

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: plural dir. stem marker

Ginukh: -š

Proto-Tsezian: *š(:)aj ( ~ -ã-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wine

Tsezi: šaj

Khvarshi: ša

Comments: PTsKh *šaj ( ~ -ã-).

Proto-Tsezian: *š:aš:V (~-ɔ-,-Ṽ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: swallow

Bezhta: šašu

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

Proto-Tsezian: *š(:)ĩ (~ *ž-,-ɨ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nest

Bezhta: šĩ

Comments: Cf. also Khosh. si id., Tlad. ši 'bed'. Isolated in Bezht., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *š:i- (~š-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 what 2 who

Tsezi: šo-w, še-b 1,2

Ginukh: se 1

Bezhta: šižo 1

Gunzib: šijo 1

Comments: PTsKh *ši-, PGB *ši-jo (in Bezht. Tlad. -ž- is a result of assimilation, cf. Khosh. šijo-d). A derived word (from šeb 'what') is Tsez. šebin 'thing'.

Proto-Tsezian: *š(:)idV ( ~ ž-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wineskin, leather sack

Bezhta: šede

Gunzib: bišid

Comments: PGB *š[i]dV (cf. also Bezht. Khosh. šeda, Tlad. šedä). The Gunz. form is actually a compound beš 'leather' + *šid 'sack'.

Proto-Tsezian: *š(:)iƛ̣- A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to put clothes (on the upper part of body)

Tsezi: šeƛ̣ʷ-

Khvarshi: šiƛ̣-

Inkhokvari: šiƛ̣-

Bezhta: ʎič̣- (Tlad.)

Gunzib: šiƛ̣-

Comments: PTsKh *šiƛ̣- (with secondary labialisation in Tsez.); PGB *šiƛ̣- (with a specific metathesis of the lateral feature in Bezht., cf. also Khosh. ʎič̣- id.). Historically *š(:)- is a preverb.

Proto-Tsezian: *š(:)oti ( ~ž-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: flat bread

Bezhta: šöti (Khosh.)

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

Proto-Tsezian: *š(:)ɔme (~ ž-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: goat (less than 2 y. old)

Bezhta: šämü (Tlad.)

Gunzib: šɔme

Comments: PGB *šɔm[e].

Proto-Tsezian: *š:ɔ-mɔ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: how many

Tsezi: šomo

Ginukh: somo

Khvarshi: šomu (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: šomo

Comments: PTsKh *šo-mo. The stem is obviously related to other Dagestanian forms (reflecting *čʷ[ĕ]mV), but has š- (č- would be expected) under the influence of the widely spread PTs interrogative pronoun *š:i (q.v.).

Proto-Tsezian: *š(:)ub ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: calf (of leg)

Inkhokvari: šub

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

Proto-Tsezian: *-š:V / -s(:)V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 present 2 past (recent)

Tsezi: -si / -s 2

Ginukh: -š / -s 2

Inkhokvari: -še 1

Bezhta: -s (after vowels) 1

Proto-Tsezian: *šɔrV (~ *š:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lamb's skin (for making hats); a k. of Tsez shoes

Tsezi: šoru

Comments: Attested only in Tsez., but having probable external cognates.

Proto-Tsezian: *šuršVṭ- ( ~ š:)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: reed-pipe

Ginukh: šuršaṭu

Comments: An expressive reduplicated form; attested only in Ginukh, but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *šutrV ( ~ š:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lizard

Tsezi: šetro

Ginukh: šotra

Comments: PTsKh *šu_trV ( ~ -ü-).

Proto-Tsezian: *šʷed ( ~ š:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 grave 2 rock, cliff

Tsezi: šud 1

Ginukh: sud 1

Inkhokvari: šud 1

Bezhta: šed 2 (Khosh.)

Gunzib: šed 2 (Gunz.)

Comments: PTsKh *šud; PGB *šed. For the semantic correlation ('rock' : 'grave') cf. the external evidence.

Proto-Tsezian: *tac̣

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bog

Gunzib: tac̣

Comments: Isolated in Gunz., but having secure external parallels (first of all, in Andian languages).

Proto-Tsezian: *tama

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horn

Ginukh: tama

Comments: Attested only in Gin., but having probable external parallels (with a typologically common semantic development 'root, spadix' > 'horn').