Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔijV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mother

Ginukh: ijo

Bezhta: ijo

Gunzib: iju

Comments: PGB *ʔiju. It is not quite clear, whether we should also relate here Khvarsh., Inkh. išu 'mother' ( < *ʔij-šu with an expressive suffix?).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *jājV

Meaning: mother, grandmother

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *jaja

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔijV

Proto-Lezghian: *jaj

Notes: A nursery word (like many EC kinship terms). As far as the Andian form is concerned, regularity of correspondences is violated (*j should not be preserved in PA), which is not surprising in a word like this. The PTs - PL parallelism, however, makes the PEC reconstruction probable.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *jaja

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grandmother

Andian language: jaja (Tsertsvadze)

Comments: A nursery word, attested only in And., but having probable external parallels.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *jaj

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mother

Lezghian: jaʔ (Khl.)

Tsakhur: jed

Archi: ej-t:ur

Comment: In Arch. cf. erg. ej-mi. Tsakh. je-d historically = Arch. ej-t:u-r (with an adjectival suffix, typical for Archi kinship terms). A nursery word, but having probable external parallels.

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