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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *mĭhV
Meaning: a k. of foliage tree (alder)
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The Lak. form hi goes back regularly to *mihi (with a regular reduction of initial *m- + narrow vowel). The meaning "birch" in PTs and Lak is due to the influence of another root, PEC *mħĕrqwĕ 'birch', which itself was not preserved in these languages (on the origin of Lak. dialectal maq 'birch' see under *mħĕrqwĕ). Although the roots *mħĕrqwĕ and *mĭhV appear to be in complementary distribution, there is no way to unite them phonetically, and they must be treated as separate etyma (the former meaning "birch", the latter, probably, "alder").
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *maʔ
Meaning: alder-tree
Chechen: maʔ
Ingush: miʔing
Comments: 3d class in Chech., 4th class in Ing. Obl. base *maʔu- (cf. Chech. moʔa-). The Ing. form contains a diminutive suffix (*-Vḳ); the vocalism is irregular (probably a late assimilation *maʔinḳ > *meʔinḳ > miʔing).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *mihe A
Meaning: birch
Tsezi: mej
Ginukh: mij
Khvarshi: mĩhi-s (gen.)
Inkhokvari: mihe
Bezhta: miʔe
Gunzib: mihe-s (gen.)
Comments: PTsKh *mihe (cf. also Tsez. Sh., Kid. me), PGB *mihe (cf. also Bezht. Khosh., Tlad. mije).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: hi
Meaning: birch
Lak form: ḳaIla-hi
Comments: Cf. also Khosr. ḳaIla-hi (lit. "white hi"), dial. (cited from Khaidakov 1966) hi 'birch'.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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