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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *HăjʒV̄ ( ~ -ĕ-,-ɨ̆-)
Meaning: chisel
Notes: The parallelism (phonetic and semantic) is exact, and the etymology seems quite reliable.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *(ʔa)sṭo
Meaning: chisel
Chechen: sto
Ingush: osta
Batsbi: sṭo
Comments: 5th class in Chech. and Bacb., 3d class in Ing. Cf. also Chech. Lev., Cheb. stwo, Akk. āsta (with not quite clear vowel length - to judge from the reduction in most Chech. dialects and Bacb., the initial vowel in PN must have been short).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ʔaza-l ( ~ o)
Meaning: chisel
Akhvakh: ažalo (Tlan.)
Chamalal: azal
Tindi: azar
Karata: azal
Comments: Most forms reflect PA *ʔaza-l (cf. also Cham. Gig. azal, Kar. Tok. ʕazal), but there are also reflexes of other suffixes: *ʔazi-n in Northern Akhv. iži, Ratl. ižin, *ʔaza-r in Tind. azar.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-akv,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-krt,aandet-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *P(ǝ)c:ǝ
Meaning: chisel
Adyghe: pcǝ
Kabardian: bʒǝ
Comments: PAK *p:c:ǝ. The root has nothing to do with *c:a 'tooth' (despite Yakovlev 1948, 156-157,274,293). PAK *c: can go back to PWC *c:, *ć: or *č:.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,
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