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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: č̣aħa
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: reed, cane
Lak form: č̣aħa
Comments: Cf. Khosr. č̣aIha id. The same root (in a contracted shape č̣a-) is present in the compound č̣a-ṭaraḳ 'arrow'. [The component -ṭaraḳ is probably assimilated from -t:arak: and may be borrowed from Darg.: cf. forms like Kait. derek:a 'bow', for which the genuine Lak. parallel is k:urt:a 'arc, bow' q.v.].

    It is probable that the Lak. word was borrowed into Darg. dialects: cf. Chir. č̣aIħa, Tsud., Kub. č̣iħaI, Ak., Ur. č̣iʕaI 'reed, cane'.

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ć̣ăʡV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: reed, cane; arrow
Proto-Nakh: *c̣a-ḳ
Proto-Tsezian: *c̣aʔ(a)
Proto-Lak: č̣aħa
Proto-Lezghian: *č̣aʔI
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *c̣a-ḳ ( ~ -ā-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: arrow
Batsbi: c̣aḳ
Comments: The stem includes a diminutive *-ḳ (*c̣aḳ < *c̣aH-Vḳ). Attested only in Bacb., but having reliable external parallels.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *c̣aʔ(a)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 bow
Tsezi: c̣eru-c̣a
Ginukh: c̣eru-c̣a
Bezhta: c̣aʔa (Tlad.)
Gunzib: c̣aʔa
Comments: PTsKh *c̣ɨRu-c̣a ( ~ *c̣üRu-); PGB *c̣aʔa (cf. also Bezht. Khosh. c̣aʔ). In the PTsKh compound (which has an exact match in PGB: *c̣ulu-c̣aʔa > Bezht. c̣uluc̣a, Gunz. Nakh. c̣uluc̣aʔa 'bow') the first component goes back to PTs *c̣ulu B 'arrow' q.v.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *č̣aʔI
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: reed, cane; arrow
Tabasaran: č̣eʔ
Comment: Cf. also Düb. č̣eʔe id. The word is attested only in Tab., but has reliable external parallels.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ć̣VʡV́
Meaning: bow, arrow, bow-string
North Caucasian: *ć̣ăʡV
Sino-Tibetan: *śVj
Yenisseian: *cu(ʔ)
Comments and references : HGC 33. [Cf. also PNC *rʔēć̣_wV̆ / *ć̣_wVrʔV `string, bow-string'; ? PST *r-sǝ̆ `sinew, tendon']
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śVj
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: shoot, flash
Kachin: gǝšoi3 to fly, as sparks; to flash, as lightning; to shoot, as an arrow.
Lushai: sai to shoot with a pellet.
Lepcha: ǯă, ǯá to fix arrow on the string, to prepare to fire off
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *tu(ʔ) ( ~ *c-)
Meaning: bow-string
Ket: qʌ́q-tut (Werner 2, 145)
Yug: tut́, pl. tuŋ (Кастр.)
Kottish: gij-tu (Бол.)
Arin: kej-tu (Лоск.)
Comments: ССЕ 214. Kott. and Arin reflect a compound with *χɨʔǯ "bow" (q.v.) as the first component. The Yug form was explained in КС 222 as a reduplication, with a regular dissimilation tut́ < *t́ut́, with a resulting reconstruction *cu(ʔ) / *cuc. Other explanations are, however, possible: a) Werner (2, 293) suggests a compound *thu-t'ǝ, with the second component = Ket. tiʔ 'rope'; this does not seem quite convincing, basically because Yug -t' is unexplained (the corresponding Yug form is tiʔ, see Werner 2, 267 and *tiʔ); b) if the Yug form is in reality tu:(h)t́ (assuming Castren's recording is incorrect), we can think of a contracted compound *tu(ʔ)-χɨʔǯ, with the same χɨʔǯ, but as the second element of compound in Ket and Yug. qʌ́q- ( = qʌʔq-) in the Ket form recorded by Werner is interpreted by him as qʌʔq 'corner, angle'.
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