Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *s[e]ji

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: furuncle; wound

Ket: śibaŋ⁶, śivaŋ⁶, pl. śibaɣań⁵ 'furuncle'; (Werner 2, 190) śēj¹ 'Schramme'

Yug: sibaŋ⁶, pl. sibaŋɨn⁵ 'furuncle'

Kottish: šei 'wound'; šei-pi 'wounding', šeja āpajaŋ 'to wound'

Comments: ССЕ 271. Werner 2, 192, 437 *sei. The Ket form definitely reflects a compound preserved in Kottish (but hardly with baʔŋ 'earth, place' as suggested by Werner).

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=íčV(w)

Meaning: wound, to wound

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *=ič_V(w)

Yenisseian: *s[e](ʔ)ji

Basque: *hauśi

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *=ič_V(w)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to hit, break, wound

Proto-Nakh: *čabu ( ~ -w-)

Proto-Tsezian: *=iš:ʷ-

Proto-Lak: =i=š:u-

Proto-Dargwa: *š:aIw ( ~ š-)

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The verbal root is preserved only in PTs and Laki.; PN and PD reflect only the derivate *č_V-uV 'wound' ( = Lak. š:awu).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *čabu ( ~ -w-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wound

Chechen: čow

Ingush: čow

Comments: Cf. also Chech. (in Uslar's notation) čauw id. 4th class in both languages. Obl. base *čabu-ne- ( ~ -w-), cf. Chech. čewna-, Ing. čowno.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *=iš:ʷ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to break, be broken

Tsezi: =ešu-ʎ- (Radzhibov)

Khvarshi: k-ušej-ʎ- (Radzhibov)

Bezhta: =iš- (Tlad.)

Gunzib: =iš-

Comments: PTsKh *=išʷ-; PGB *=iš- (cf. also Bezht. Khosh. =iš-, and causative counterparts: Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. =iš-el-, Gunz. =iš-ḳ- 'to break').

Lak etymology :

Lak root: =i=š:u-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to hit; to wound

Lak form: =i=š:u-n

Comments: G. pr. =i=š:u-nu. Cf. Khosr. =i=š:u-n id., and the prefixless stem š:u-n (Khosr. š:u-n) 'to hit, touch, push'. An old derivate is š:awu, Khosr. š:abu 'wound' ( > Arch. š:aIbi 'wound', š:aIban as 'to wound').

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *š:aIw ( ~ š-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wall-eye

Akusha: šaIw

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *hauśi

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to break, tear

Bizkaian: ausi

Gipuzkoan: ausi

High Navarrese: autsi

Low Navarrese: hautsi

Salazarese: autsi

Lapurdian: hautsi

Zuberoan: háutse, hautx

Roncalese: áutse

Comments: Most etymologists connect this word with *hauć ‘ashes, powder’ (q.v.), but this association is secondary, and the western form ausi < *hauśi is probably original.

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : HVCV

Meaning : to cut

Eurasiatic : *ɣVčV ( ~ -č`-)

Afroasiatic : *ʕVĉ̣- 'divide, separate'

Sino-Caucasian : *=íčV(w) (or NC *=Vwc̣Ā 'plane, hew', *HăjʒV̄ 'chisel')

Reference : ND 732.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *ɣVcV ( ~ -c`-)

Meaning: to cut

Borean: Borean

Kartvelian: Megr. ɣeč̣- 'cut' (cf. also *ɣeč̣- 'chew'?)

Dravidian: *ac- 'to cut' (PGnd *ac-, Malt. asye 'chisel')

References: ND 732 *ɣAĉ̣V 'cut, cut into pieces'.

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