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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *ǯiǯ-iḳ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: meat
Chechen: žižig
Comments: An isolated Chech. word, but with some external parallels.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-comment,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ǯä̆ǯV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: meat
Proto-Nakh: *ǯiǯ-iḳ
Proto-Lak: č:ič:i
Notes: A Chech.-Lak. isogloss; a reduplicated nursery word, thus the PEC antiquity is quite dubious. Cf. also Osset. ʒīʒa 'meat' (see Abayev 1958, 397) < Cauc.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-lak,caucet-comment,

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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: č:ič:i
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: meat (nursery word)
Lak form: č:ič:i
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ǯä̆ǯV́
Meaning: meat
North Caucasian: *ǯä̆ǯV
Burushaski: *ćáća
Basque: *čiči
Comments and references : DCE 9.
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-buru,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,

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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *ćáća
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: meat (nursery word)
Hunza: ćáća, ćíći
Comments: Sh. ćáća
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-hun,buruet-notes,

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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *čiči
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 meat or fish (children's word) 2 fleshiness, meatiness
Bizkaian: txitxi 1, 2
Gipuzkoan: txitxi 1, 2
Lapurdian: txitxi 1, 2
Zuberoan: txitxi 1
Roncalese: txitxi 1, 2
Comments: Children's words can represent old words that have survived due to their expressive value: cf. *koko 'egg'.
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-gip,basqet-lab,basqet-zbr,basqet-rnc,basqet-comments,

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