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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *χ[e]ʔ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: big
Ket: qɛʔ (North. qä4), pl. qēŋ (North. qäŋ4)
Yug: xɛʔ / xɛ:h, pl. xeŋ
Pumpokol: xääse (Сл), xeem, x́aese (Срсл), xеem, xäese (Кл)
Comments: ССЕ 300. Cf. also PY derivatives: *χ[e]b 'grandfather' (кет. qīp, pl. qibaŋ6 / qibáŋ / < qiba:ŋ3), Yug xep, pl. xebe:ŋ, Kott. hīpa, pl. hīpan, (Бол.) xip, Ar. (Лоск.) be-kib ( = "my grandfather")); *χ[e]ma 'grandmother' (Ket. qima, pl. qimaŋ6, Yug. xema, pl. xime:ŋ3, Kott. hīma, g. hīmi, pl. hīman, (Бол ) xima, Ar. (Лоск.) be-kime ( = "my grandmother")). Other attested morphological derivatives: Ket Kur. attr. qɛ:śi4 'big', South. qaś4 'chief', Yug xɛ:hs 'chief', Pump. x́a-ket 'chief' (Срсл.), xej-kit (Сл.) 'elder brother', (Срсл.) 'elder sister'; Ket qe-nda6, Yug xe-nda6 'to grow (rarely), to cut (in big pieces)'; see also under *χɨji. Werner (2, 86, 90) contains only *χ[e]b and *χ[e]ma, reconstructed as <*qebǝ> and <*qemǝ>; the root *χ[e]ʔ itself is for some reason omitted.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-pum,yenet-notes,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦăχÉ
Meaning: big
North Caucasian: *ɦăχE
Yenisseian: *χ[e]-
Basque: *gehi
Comments and references : HGC 18. The -ʔ in PY is possibly a suffix here; it disappears without trace in all compounds and derivates.
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-yen,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦăχE
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: big
Proto-Tsezian: *ʔaχ:- (-ʁ-)
Proto-Lak: ha-
Proto-Dargwa: *ʔaχI-
Proto-Lezghian: *ʔaχIɨ-
Proto-Khinalug: iχer
Proto-West Caucasian: *χ́V
Notes: Correspondences are regular. The semantic variation ("more"/"enough"/"big" and "good") is also quite plausible.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-khin,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,

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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *ʔaχ:- (~-ʁ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: well (adv.)
Bezhta: aχo
Comments: Isolated in Bezht. (quoted from Лексика), but having rather probable external parallels.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-bzt,cezet-comment,

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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: ha-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: enough
Lak form: ha-
Comments: Cf. also har, hari 'enough' (adverb, interjection). Since the original meaning is 'large, big', it seems possible to connect with this root also =uhara-s:a 'grown-up, old'.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,

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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *ʔaχI-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: good
Akusha: aħsi
Chiragh: aχI-ze
Comments: Cf. also Ur. aIħ-, Kub. aχI-.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-chr,darget-comment,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ʔaχIɨ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 big 2 enough 3 many
Tabasaran: aχIu 1
Agul: X̀a-f 1
Tsakhur: χIe-r-na 1
Budukh: l-äħ-ki 3
Archi: aχI 2
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-cak,lezget-bud,lezget-arc,

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Khinalug etymology :

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Khinalug root: iχer
North Caucasian etymology: 6
Meaning: many
Khinalug form: iχer
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,

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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *χ́V
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: more
Abkhaz: ájħa
Abaza: a(j)ħa
Adyghe: nāh
Kabardian: naχ
Ubykh: ća-χ́
Comments: PAT *(ajǝ)-ħa (with a reciprocal prefix); PAK *ná-χ́ǝ (with a deictic prefix na-). In Ub. ća- is a comparative prefix. See Shagirov 1,281 with literature (justly singling out the common WC root morpheme *χ́V "more"; however, Shagirov's linking this root with PAT *ħaraḳǝ 'high' is probably wrong).
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,

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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *gehi
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 quantity 2 more 3 (the) most, principal, first(-born) 4 elder, senior
Bizkaian: gei 1, geiago 2, geien 3
Gipuzkoan: gei 1, geiago 2, geien 3
High Navarrese: gei 1, geiago 2, geien 3
Low Navarrese: gehi 1, gehiago 2, gehien 3
Lapurdian: gei 1, geiago 2
Zuberoan: gehi 1, gehiago, gehigo 2, 4, gehien 4
Roncalese: gei 1, geiago 2, geien 3
Comments: In this analysis Bsq *gai / *e=kai 'thing, material' (q.v.) is a distinct etymon.
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-gip,basqet-anv,basqet-bnv,basqet-lab,basqet-zbr,basqet-rnc,basqet-comments,

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