Tsezian etymology : Query result

Proto-Tsezian: *bek

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: skin (of cattle)

Tsezi: bik

Ginukh: bik

Comments: PTsKh *bek.

Proto-Tsezian: *bekV(lV) A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: snake

Tsezi: bikori

Ginukh: bikore

Khvarshi: bečala

Inkhokvari: bekol

Bezhta: bekela

Gunzib: begala

Comments: PTsKh *bekoR(ǝ), (but also *bekV, cf. Gin. bika 'worm'; reasons for *-k- > -č- in Khvarsh. are unclear); PGB *bekVla.

Proto-Tsezian: *beƛ A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rennet, abomasum

Tsezi: biƛ

Ginukh: biƛ

Khvarshi: beƛ (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: beƛ

Bezhta: beƛ (Khosh.)

Gunzib: beƛ

Comments: PTsKh *beƛ, PGB *beƛ.

Proto-Tsezian: *beƛ-(nɔ) B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: eight

Tsezi: biƛ-no

Ginukh: beƛ-no

Khvarshi: baƛa

Inkhokvari: baƛ

Bezhta: beƛ-na

Gunzib: beƛ-no

Comments: PTsKh *bǝƛ- (irregular: Inkh. baƛ instead of *boƛ ); PGB *beƛ-.

Proto-Tsezian: *beƛV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: part of body from the armpit to the hip

Bezhta: beƛejo

Comments: An isolated Bezht. word, but with probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *belu A ( ~ -r-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: penis

Tsezi: bilu

Ginukh: bilu

Inkhokvari: belu

Comments: PTsKh *beRu.

Proto-Tsezian: *berũš:V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: badger

Tsezi: birušo

Ginukh: birušo

Bezhta: beruse

Gunzib: miruš

Comments: PTsKh *berušo; PGB *berũš(e) (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. miröš, Khosh. meruse). Nasalisation of the second vowel is witnessed by the variation *b- ~ *m- in GB (the first vowel could not be nasalised before a resonant). Gunz. has an irregular -i- (-e- would be expected).

Proto-Tsezian: *beš:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 bark, shell 2 skin (of neat cattle)

Bezhta: beš 1

Gunzib: beš 2

Comments: PGB *beš.

Proto-Tsezian: *b[ẽ]š:ʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 pipe 2 vein, blood vessel

Tsezi: miša 1,2

Ginukh: biša 1,2

Khvarshi: miša (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: muša 1,2

Gunzib: mušu 1

Comments: PTsKh *b[ẽ]šʷa (the vowel correspondence is not quite clear); cf. also Gin. bišan-qos 'gullet'.

Proto-Tsezian: *bež B ( ~ -ž:)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: enclosure (for sheep)

Ginukh: bež

Bezhta: bež

Gunzib: bež (Gunz.)

Comments: PGB *bež.

Proto-Tsezian: *bǝṭi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dried snivel in nose

Gunzib: bǝṭi

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

Proto-Tsezian: *bǝṭV (~-ǝ̃-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: worm

Bezhta: beṭela

Gunzib: bǝṭi

Comments: PGB *bǝṭV (the Bezht. form has a suffixed *-lV).

Proto-Tsezian: *bǝχ:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 grass 2 hay

Tsezi: biχ 2

Ginukh: beχ 1,2

Khvarshi: baχ 1,2

Inkhokvari: boχ 1,2

Bezhta: boχ 1,2

Gunzib: bǝχ 1,2

Comments: PTsKh *bǝχ; PGB *bǝχ. Cf. also Bezht. Tlad. boχala-ukos 'yellow' ("hay-coloured").

Proto-Tsezian: *bǝz(:)ɔ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hoe, pick

Tsezi: bizo

Ginukh: bezo

Khvarshi: bizo (Radzhibov)

Bezhta: boza

Gunzib: bozo

Comments: PTsKh *bǝzo; PGB *boz[ɔ]. In PGB *-ǝ- would be regularly expected; -o- (or, in fact, Gunz. -o- - because Bezht. -o- goes back both to *o and to *ǝ) can be a result of labial assimilation.

Proto-Tsezian: *bičnV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 knee 2 shin

Tsezi: bečni 1

Ginukh: bečnu 1

Bezhta: mičnä 2

Gunzib: mična 1,2

Comments: PTsKh *bičnV (-ɨ-), PGB *mična (with nasal assimilation).

Proto-Tsezian: *biƛ̣ B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 sheep 2 sheep (coll.) 3 small cattle

Tsezi: beƛ̣ 2

Ginukh: beƛ̣ 1

Khvarshi: beƛ̣ 2

Inkhokvari: bɨƛ̣ 3

Bezhta: biƛ̣ 1

Gunzib: biƛ̣ 1

Comments: PGB *biƛ̣, PTsKh *bɨƛ̣. In PTsKh the word has normally a collective meaning (only in Gin. it is used (in genitive) to denote a single sheep. For a single sheep there existed in PTsKh a derivate *bɨƛ̣-ʁu (Tsez. beƛ̣ʁu, Gin. beƛ̣ʁu, Inkh. bɨƛ̣ʁu, Khv. beƛ̣q̇u), where -ʁu goes back to PTs *ʁo(r) 'ram, sheep' q.v. There exists in PTs another stem, which is probably an old Ablaut variant of the same: PTs *bɔƛ̣e B > PTsKh *böƛ̣e (Tsez. miƛ̣i /with secondary nasalisation/, Inkh. beƛ̣e 'a gelt ram'); Gunz. bɔƛ̣e 'sheep-flock'.

Proto-Tsezian: *bil

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lip

Gunzib: bil

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

Proto-Tsezian: *biq̇ʷVna A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 needle, knitting needle 2 big needle

Ginukh: maq̇ʷare 1

Khvarshi: biq̇ʷan 1

Inkhokvari: buq̇un 1

Bezhta: muq̇ala 2

Gunzib: muq̇el 2

Comments: PTsKh *biq̇ʷVn(V); PGB *muq̇Vl(a). In PGB (as well as in Ginukh) there occurred a metathesis of nasalisation. The word is a derivate from a non-preserved verbal stem *=iq̇ʷVn-; other derivates are Gin. meq̇u ( < *biq̇un) 'thread', PGB *mɔq̇u ( < *bɔq̇un) > Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. maq̇o, Gunz. mɔq̇u 'loom'.

Proto-Tsezian: *birḳi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: burdock

Bezhta: bīḳi

Gunzib: birḳi-li

Comments: PGB *birḳi. Cf. also Bezht. Khosh. birḳi, birḳali, Tlad. birḳili.

Proto-Tsezian: *biša-l- A (~-ĩ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 beard 2 moustache

Khvarshi: bišan-de (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: bišan-du 1

Bezhta: bizal-ba 2

Gunzib: bilaž-ba 1

Comments: The Inlaut nasalisation is probable because of the -n-reflex of *-l- in Inkh.; the final -du is not clear (cf. -tu in some Andian languages). PGB *bižal-ba (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. bižal-ba 'moustache'); in Gunz. a metathesis has occurred. The element -ba in PGB is probably a former plural suffix.