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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.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,

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