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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ć̣ä̆kwǝ̆́
Meaning: nit, louse
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *ć̣ä̆kwǝ̆
Burushaski: *ʒ̯eké
Basque: *siga-r̄
Comments and references : DCE 16.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ć̣ä̆kwǝ̆
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a biting insect
Proto-Nakh: *psiḳ
Proto-Tsezian: *č̣ike A
Proto-Lak: č̣ača
Proto-Dargwa: *c̣ikʷa / *c̣ekʷa
Proto-West Caucasian: *ć̣aḳa / *ḳać̣a
Notes: PN *psiḳ goes back to a form *ć̣wä̆ḳǝ̆ with shifted labialisation. Some irregularities (shifting or loss of labialisation, as well as metatheses) are explained by the root's expressive character.
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *psiḳ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: flea
Chechen: saga-l
Ingush: saga-l
Batsbi: psiḳ
Comments: The Chech.-Ing. form goes back to the PN obl. stem *psaḳa- with a suffixed -l.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *č̣ike A
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: flea
Tsezi: č̣iki
Ginukh: č̣iki
Khvarshi: č̣ike
Inkhokvari: č̣eke
Bezhta: c̣ike
Gunzib: č̣ige
Comments: PTsKh *č̣ike/*č̣eke, PGB *č̣ike.
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: č̣ača
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: flea
Lak form: č̣ača
Comments: Gen. č̣ak-lu-l. Cf. Khosr. (with metathesis) ḳača, ḳač-lul.
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *c̣ikʷa / *c̣ekʷa
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: flea
Akusha: c̣ika / c̣eka
Chiragh: c̣eka
Comments: Cf. also Mek., Ur., Muir. c̣ikʷa, Kait., Sirg. c̣eka, Kub., Tsud. c̣ika. The root reveals some variation between reflexes of *-e- and *-i-, and also of *-kʷ- and *-k-.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ć̣aḳa / *ḳać̣a
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 bug 2 nit
Abkhaz: a-ḳac̣á 1
Abaza: ḳac̣a 1
Adyghe: c̣āč̣́a 2
Kabardian: c̣ač̣a 2
Comments: PAT *ḳać̣a (cf. also Bz. a-ḳać̣á); PAK *c̣aḳá. The meaning of the PAK form could have been influenced by its folk-etymological analysis as 'louse' (*c̣a) + 'egg' (*ḳa), but external parallels leave no doubt that the bisyllabic structure is here original.
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *ʒ̯eké
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: nit
Yasin: ʒ̯eké, c̣eké
Hunza: ʒ̣ikī́
Nagar: ʒ̣ikī́
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *siga-r̄
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: itch mite (arthropod: Sarcoptes scabiei)
Bizkaian: ziger, (Gernika) zigar, (Ispaster, Markina) zier
Gipuzkoan: zigar
Lapurdian: zigar
Comments: Cf. Span. cigarra 'cicada' (Hualde 1995), which resembles Bsq zigar in form, though there is a vast physical difference between the large insect and the tiny arthropod. Cigarra is ostensibly from Lat. cicada or cicala, but the trilled /r̄/ could indicate some kind of influence from the Bsq word.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : CVKV
Meaning : an insect
Eurasiatic : Alt. *č`ăk`i 'a k. of insect'
Sino-Caucasian : *ć̣ä̆kwǝ̆́
Amerind (misc.) : *cakon 'ant' (R 13) [ + K]
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