Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *mac̣e

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: louse

Chechen: meza

Ingush: maza

Batsbi: mac̣

Comments: 6th class in all languages.. Cf. also Cheb. maze, Khild. meʒe etc.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *nĕmʒ_ĭ (~ -ĕ)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: louse

Proto-Nakh: *mac̣e

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *noc̣:i

Proto-Tsezian: *nɔcǝ A

Proto-Lak: nac̣

Proto-Dargwa: *nez

Proto-Lezghian: *näc̣:

Proto-Khinalug: nimc̣

Proto-West Caucasian: *ć̣A

Notes: One of the best preserved common NC roots. Correspondences are regular (except the Av. paradigm A - since Nakh languages do not show here any trace of any laryngeal, and there is no pharyngealisation in PL, PD and Lak., it must be secondary).

    See Trubetzkoy 1930, 277.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *noc̣:i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: louse

Avar: nac̣:

Chadakolob: nac̣

Andian language: noc̣:i

Akhvakh: nac̣:i

Chamalal: naṣ

Tindi: nac:i

Karata: nac̣:i

Botlikh: nac̣:i

Bagvalal: nac̣:

Godoberi: nac:i

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *nɔcǝ A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: louse

Tsezi: noci

Ginukh: noce

Khvarshi: nuca

Inkhokvari: noco

Bezhta: naco

Gunzib: nɔcǝ

Comments: PTsKh *nocǝ, PGB *nɔcǝ.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: nac̣

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: louse

Lak form: nac̣

Comments: 3d class.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *nez

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: louse

Akusha: ner

Chiragh: nez

Comments: Cf. also Ur. nirʔ, Kub. nid, Tsud. nez etc.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *näc̣:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: louse

Lezghian: net

Tabasaran: nic:

Agul: net:

Archi: nac̣

Udi: nec:

Comment: Other relevant forms: Lezg. lit. erg. neṭ-re; Khl. pl. net:er; Arch. erg. nec̣:iri. 3d class (to judge from the Arch. form). Obl. vowel base unclear; the existing evidence points only to the PL oblique base in *-rV-, cf. Lezg. neṭre, Tab. nic:ru, Arch. nec̣:iri. See Талибов 1960а, 297; Лексика 1971, 150; Гигинейшвили 1977, 72, 106.

Khinalug etymology :

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ć̣A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 louse 2 nit

Abkhaz: a-c̣á 1

Abaza: c̣a 1

Adyghe: c̣a 1

Kabardian: c̣a 1

Ubykh: ṭa-ć̣ 2

Comments: PAT *ć̣a (cf. also Bz. a-ć̣); PAK *c̣a. Ub. has a compound of *ṭa 'nit' + *ć̣A 'louse' (despite Shagirov 2, 125 Ub. ṭaḳ́ 'louse' can not belong here; coincidence with -ć̣ in dǝmać̣ 'egg' is probably fortuitous).

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *nĕ́mʒĭ ( ~ -sd-)

Meaning: a k. of parasite

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *nĕmʒ_ĭ (~ -ĕ)

Sino-Tibetan: *nŭt

Comments and references : Different comparison (with PNC *ʔw(i)nĭrcĔ) in LV A2.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŏt ( ~ -ŭ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gnat, moth

Chinese: 蚋 *n_ots mosquito, gnat.

Kachin: mǝnut² a moth.

Chinese characters :

Character: 蚋

Modern (Beijing) reading: ruì

Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)ots

Classic Old Chinese: n(h)wać

Western Han Chinese: n(h)waś

Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)waś

Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)weś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)wèj

Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)wèj

Middle Chinese: ńwèj

English meaning : mosquito, gnat

Russian meaning[s]: москит (Similium sp.)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 142

Four-angle index: 3964

Karlgren code: 0695 p, s

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : NVMCV

Meaning : a stinging insect

Sino-Caucasian : *nĕ́mʒĭ ( ~ -sd-)

African (misc.) : Cf. Macro-Khoisan *mac̮ʔa "louse".

Notes : So far found only in SC.

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