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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʒ́a ( ~ ǯ-)
Meaning: cornel
Abkhaz: a-bgǝ́-ʒara
Abaza: zarǝ́
Adyghe: zājǝ
Kabardian: za
Comments: PAT *ʒ́a-rV (-rV is originally a collective suffix), cf. also the Abzh. variant a-bgǝ́-ʒǝr, Bzyb. a-bgǝ́-ʒ́ar (the compound means literally "fox's cornel"); PAK *za (Ad. reflects only the compound *za-jǝ́, where -jǝ is the "tree suffix", = Kab. zej 'cornel-tree'). Reason for spirantization ʒ > z in Abaz. is not quite clear; perhaps it is due to Adygh influence, although the word as such can not be regarded as an Adygh loan (despite Lomtatidze 1944,209, Kondzharia 1969,8).
The correspondence PAT *ʒ́ : PAT *z points to PWC *ʒ́ or *ǯ.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ʔăjʒăɫʔV
Meaning: a k. of tree (rowan, cornel)
Notes: Correspondences are regular. The etymology seems preferable to Trubetzkoy's comparison (PWC *ʒ́a : PEC *ʒāʒĕ 'thorn' - which has a quite different etymology).
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *(ʔă)stVw
Meaning: cornel
Chechen: stow
Ingush: esti
Comments: Chech. has reduced the first weak syllable, preserved in Ing. (esti < *ʔăstVw).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ʔazal ( ~ o)
Meaning: 1 strawberry 2 rowan
Avar: azáli
Akhvakh: aža-naq:e 1
Chamalal: azal 2
Godoberi: azal 2
Comments: The Av. word has a specific meaning: "silk fibres of a cocoon; maize stigmata". In Akhv. (Magomedbekova writes: ažaneq:e) meaning of the component -neq:e is not clear (aža- can be analyzed as aža 'bush', but external evidence clearly shows that it is a folk etymology, due to the merger of *z and *ž in Akhvakh).
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-akv,aandet-chm,aandet-gdb,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ʔãsa
Meaning: rowan
Tsezi: asa
Ginukh: ase
Khvarshi: ãsa
Bezhta: ãza
Gunzib: ãza
Comments: PTsKh *ʔãsa; PGB *ʔãza.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-khv,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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