Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hič̣Ắŋ

Meaning: to press, rub

North Caucasian: *Hič̣Ăn ( ~ -č̣_-)

Yenisseian: *ǯǟŋ

Basque: *herći

Comments and references : For internal -r- in Basque cf. Proto-Lezghian: *ʡirč̣Vn- ( ~ ħ-) > Rutul =ir(i)č̣a- 'to press, squeeze'.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *Hič̣Ăn ( ~ -č̣_-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to press, squeeze

Proto-Lak: lač̣u-

Proto-Dargwa: *=aIč̣Vn-

Proto-Lezghian: *ʡirč̣Vn- ( ~ ħ-)

Proto-West Caucasian: *bǝč̣ǝ

Notes: The EC-WC parallel is reliable both phonetically and semantically. The PWC form (like many others) contains a former class prefix *b-.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: lač̣u-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to seize, clutch, cling

Lak form: lač̣u-

Comments: G. pr. la=č̣u-n. Cf. also Khosr. lač̣u-n 'to cling, stick to'.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *=aIč̣Vn-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to press, squeeze

Chiragh: =ač̣- / =alč̣-

Comments: Cf. also Ur. =aIč̣Vn- / =aIlč̣- id.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʡirč̣Vn- ( ~ ħ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to press, squeeze

Rutul: =ir(i)č̣a-

Tsakhur: ho=č̣an-

Archi: č̣aIn-

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *bǝč̣ǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to rumple, crumple 2 to press, be pressed

Abkhaz: a-r-bǝc̣-rá 1

Abaza: r-bc̣-ra 1

Ubykh: bǝc̣(ǝ́)- 2

Comments: PAT *rǝ-bǝć̣ǝ (with a causative prefix; cf. also Bzyb. a-r-bǝć̣-rá 'to rumple'); Ub. a-bǝc̣ǝ́-n 'il est opprimé', a-sǝ-bǝc̣ǝ́-n 'je le presse'. The correspondence PAT *ć̣ : Ub. c̣ points to PWC non-palatalized *č̣.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *ǯǟŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to knead, rub

Ket: da:ŋ⁴, da:ŋǝ⁴ (North.), South. daŋ⁴

Yug: d́a:^hŋ⁴; ĺɔŋ-d́aŋ 'to knead with hands' ( = Ket. ĺoŋ-daŋ)

Kottish: b-a-čeŋ-aŋ 'I rub it'

Comments: ССЕ 309. Werner 1, 172 <*d'aʔǝŋǝ>.

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *herći

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 tight, narrow, cramped 2 worried, exhausted 3 nasal congestion, catarrh 4 to close 5 to squeeze, press

Araban: itsi 4

Bizkaian: es-tu 1, 2, 3, (arc) itsi 4

Gipuzkoan: es-tu 1, 2, 3, itxi 4

High Navarrese: es-tu 1, 2, itxi 4, (Elkano) ertxi 4

Low Navarrese: hertsi, hetsi 1, 4, hers-tu 5

Lapurdian: hertsi, hetsi, hers-tu 1, 4

Baztanese: ertsi 4

Zuberoan: hertsi, hérsi 1, 4

Roncalese: ersi 1, ers-tu 5

Comments: For internal -r- cf. Proto-Lezghian: *ʡirč̣Vn- ( ~ ħ-) > Rutul =ir(i)č̣a- 'to press, squeeze'.

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