Tsezian etymology : Query result

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷel

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: doe

Ginukh: ʁʷil

Gunzib: ʁel (Gunz.)

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝdǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: rain

Khvarshi: ʁʷada

Inkhokvari: ʁodo

Bezhta: wodo

Gunzib: wǝdǝ

Comments: PTsKh *ʁʷǝdǝ (in Inkh. also means 'sky'), PGB *wǝdǝ.

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝdǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 day 2 tomorrow

Tsezi: ʁudi 1, ʁude 2

Ginukh: ʁʷede 1

Khvarshi: ʁʷade (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: ʁode 2

Bezhta: wodo 1

Gunzib: wǝdǝ 1

Comments: PTsKh *ʁʷǝdǝ; PGB *wǝdǝ. The root is homonymic with PTs *ʁ:ʷǝdǝ 'rain' (q.v.), which is most probably accidental (cf. different parallels in Laki).

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝ̃j

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: dog

Tsezi: ʁIʷaj

Ginukh: ʁʷe

Khvarshi: ʁʷe

Inkhokvari: ʁIʷẽ

Bezhta: wo

Gunzib: wǝ

Comments: PTsKh *ʁIʷǝ̃j; PGB *wǝ, obl. *wǝj- (cf. Bezht. woj-, Gunz. wǝj-).

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝn

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 tree 2 forest 3 bush

Tsezi: ʁun 1,3

Khvarshi: ʁwan 1

Inkhokvari: ʁon 1

Bezhta: wan 2

Gunzib: hɔn 2

Comments: PTsKh *ʁʷǝn (cf. also Tsez. Asakh. ʁʷin); PGB *hɔn / *wɔn (the Gunz. word also means 'board').

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷ[ǝ]nV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 hornless animal 2 hornless goat

Tsezi: ʁIuni 1 (Kid.)

Ginukh: ʁuni 1

Bezhta: ʁana 2 (Khosh.)

Comments: PTsKh (*ʁʷVne) > *ʁune.

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝrɔ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 cows (collect.) 2 cow

Tsezi: ʁuro 1

Ginukh: ʁʷero 2

Khvarshi: ʁʷalo 1

Inkhokvari: ʁolo 1

Bezhta: wara 2

Gunzib: hɔrɔ 2

Comments: PTsKh *ʁʷǝRo, PGB *wɔrɔ (*hʷɔrɔ).

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷVr-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to roar

Bezhta: ʁor-ah- (Tlad.)

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁo(r)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ram

Tsezi: -ʁu

Ginukh: -ʁu

Khvarshi: -q̇u

Inkhokvari: -ʁu

Bezhta: χoj

Gunzib: χor

Comments: PGB *χor; cf. also Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. χor. PTsKh *-ʁu in the compound *biƛ̣-ʁu (see *biƛ̣).

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁu- ( ~ *ʁ:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: field

Khvarshi: ʁudu (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: ʁIudul

Comments: PTsKh *ʁIu-du(l); the word probably reflects an old compound, analogous to that reflected in Tab. χuṭil 'field' (see below).

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁʷimilV (~ *ʁ:ʷ-,r)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: worm

Tsezi: ʁumeli

Comments: The Tsez. form is isolated (although external parallels are quite reliable), thus the PTs reconstruction is only tentative.

Proto-Tsezian: *hãj(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 bug, bed-bug 2 mosquito

Tsezi: ħaj 2

Ginukh: ħaja 2

Inkhokvari: hãj 1

Gunzib: hahija 1

Comments: PTsKh *hãj(a). The Gunz. reduplication may be either archaic (an incomplete loss of the EC combination *-rh(w)-), or recent (expressive).

Proto-Tsezian: *hak- ( ~ ħ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to search, to look

Bezhta: häk-il- (Khosh.)

Gunzib: hak-l-

Comments: PGB *hak-il-.

Proto-Tsezian: *haḳ ( ~ ħ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 tops (of plants) 2 flower

Bezhta: haḳ (Khosh.) 1

Gunzib: haḳ 2

Comments: PGB *haḳ.

Proto-Tsezian: *haḳV- ?

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: yellow

Bezhta: häḳärö

Comments: A Bezht. isolate with unknown etymology.

Proto-Tsezian: *ha-/*ho-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a deictic stem

Tsezi: ho-w-da

Ginukh: ha-go

Khvarshi: a-w-du (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: a-we-du,o-we-nu

Bezhta: hu-gi,ho-go

Gunzib: ǝ-g, o-gu

Comments: The stem is used only in conjunction with other demonstrative pronouns. Variants *ha-/*ho-/*ʔa-/*ʔo- are present, and although they may go back to different EC stems (with *h- and with *ʔ-) it is very hard to separate them from each other within Tsezian. A front vowel counterpart *ʔe- (ʔẽ-) is present in PTs *ʔẽ-du 'inside' (Tsez. idu 'at home', Khvarsh. ĩdu 'inside', Bezht. Tlad. ẽdö, Khosh. edo, Gunz. ẽdu) = PA *ħi-nV.

Proto-Tsezian: *Haƛ̣V (~ -ɔ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: waist

Bezhta: coṭar-aƛ̣a-s

Comments: The Bezht. word is a compound with coṭaro 'navel'. In the Tlad. dialect the same word sounds ciṭiraƛ̣as / tic̣iraƛ̣as which is a contamination with tic̣iro 'belt'. The second component (-aƛ̣a-s) is an archaic noun meaning 'back, waist' (although synchronously the word may be analysed as "situated above the navel" - which is probably a folk etymology).

Proto-Tsezian: *haqu (~-ã-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mouth (inside)

Tsezi: haqu

Ginukh: haqu

Comments: PTsKh *haqu (~-ã-).

Proto-Tsezian: *haq̇ʷa (~ ħ-,ɔ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: eyebrow

Bezhta: häq̇ʷä (Khosh.)

Comments: Isolated in Bezht., with some probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *harih-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: slow

Ginukh: harihu-n

Comments: Attested only in Gin., but having probable external parallels. [It is not quite clear whether we should also compare PGB *hate ( < *har-te ?) 'slowly', reflected in Gunz. hade, Bezht. Khosh. häte, Tlad. ħäte.]