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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *č`Vč`V
Meaning: tip, spout
Borean: Borean
Altaic: *č`[i]č`V
Uralic: *čänčä (also *ćuća )
Kartvelian: Georg. č̣oč̣- 'Spitze, Ecke, spout (of a jug)'
Comments: For Ur. *čänčä cf. rather *swV(n)čV
References: ND 426 *č̣[ä]n̄č̣V 'tip, (back) end' (+ some Berb. and EChad.).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *č`[i]č`V
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: spout, prick, penis
Russian meaning: носик, шип, penis
Mongolian: *čiči-
Tungus-Manchu: *čiču
Korean: *čā̆či
Comments: SKE 25 (Kor.-Tung.). An expressive word with not quite secure vocalic correspondences (cf. also in Turkic: Uzb. čụčɔq 'penis' (of a child) = Kirgh. čüčök 'острица, брань по поводу детей', Khal. čučo 'pee' (in childr. language); cf. also *č`eč`u 'flower'.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *čiči-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to prick 2 prick, thorn, sprout
Russian meaning: 1 колоть, прокалывать 2 шип, росток
Written Mongolian: čiči- 1, čičigür, čičijesü(n), čičiɣesü(n) 2 (L 176)
Middle Mongolian: čičigina 'Krautwurzel' (SH)
Khalkha: čiči- 1, čičǖr 2
Kalmuck: čičǝ- 1, čičǖr, čičɛ̄sṇ 2
Ordos: ǯiči- 1
Dagur: čiči- 1 (Тод. Даг. 181)
Comments: KW 442.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *čiču
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 penis 2 spout (of a tea-pot)
Russian meaning: 1 penis 2 носик (чайника)
Literary Manchu: čočo 1
Ulcha: čịčụ 1,2
Orok: tụtụ 1
Nanai: čịčịqo 2
Udighe: čičko 1
Comments: ТМС 2, 403.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *čā̆či
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: penis
Russian meaning: penis
Modern Korean: čāǯi (orth. čā̆či), čot [čoč]
Comments: KED 1383, 1488.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 104
Proto: *čänčä
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: back
German meaning: Rücken
Finnish: häntä (gen. hännän) 'Schwanz, Schweif, Hinterleib'
Estonian: händ (gen. hänna) 'Schwanz, Schweif'
Saam (Lapp): tsą̇tska ̀ (Wfs.) 'Fleisch am Hinteren' ?
Khanty (Ostyak): čö̆ṇč (V), čĕṇč (DN), sȧ̆s (O) 'Rücken'
Mansi (Vogul): šiš (TJ KU), ši̮s (P), sis (So.) 'Rücken'
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : CVCV
Meaning : tip, spout
Eurasiatic : *CVCV
Sino-Caucasian : *c̣ŏc̣V
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣ŭc̣V
Meaning: tip, spout
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *c̣ŏc̣V ( ~ c̣_)
Burushaski: *śúśun
Basque: *soc
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *c̣ŏc̣V ( ~ c̣_)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: tip, spout
Proto-Nakh: *c̣uc̣- ( ~ -o-)
Proto-Lezghian: *c̣oc̣(a)
Notes: An expressive Nakh-Lezg. isogloss. However, may be archaic: cf. Hurr. zizzi 'mamma, female breast', zizz-u/oχχǝ, zuzz-u/oχχǝ 'spouted jar' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 44).
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *c̣uc̣- ( ~ -o-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: spout (of a tea-pot, jar)
Chechen: c̣uzam
Comments: Attested only in Chech. (-am is a frequent nominal suffix), but having probable Lezghian parallels.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *c̣oc̣(a)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 spout (of a tea-pot) 2 clitoris; ring-stone
Lezghian: c̣uc̣
Kryz: c̣ɨc̣ 2
Comment: Lezg. obl. stem c̣uc̣a-; there is not enough evidence to reconstruct the PL oblique stem. 4th class in Kryz.
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *śúśun
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: child's penis
Hunza: -śúśun
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *soc
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: spigot, faucet
Bizkaian: zotz, upa-zotz
Gipuzkoan: zotz, upa-zotz, upa-txotx
Comments: Common Bsq *soc (zotz) ‘stick, toothpick’. The western Bsq meaning ‘tap, spigot’ is apparently a development of ‘stick (inserted into hole of a cask)’. Apparently NC has preserved only the specialized meaning, though attested in only three languages (Chechen, Lezgi, Kryz).
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