Tsezian etymology : Query result

Proto-Tsezian: *žeblV A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 rib 2 side

Tsezi: žibra 1

Ginukh: žibra 1

Khvarshi: žebla (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: žebla 1

Bezhta: šeblo 1,2

Gunzib: šeble 1,2

Comments: PTsKh *žebRa, PGB *šeblV.

Proto-Tsezian: *žebu B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: liver

Tsezi: žubi

Ginukh: žubo

Khvarshi: žiba (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: žubu

Bezhta: šebo

Gunzib: šebu

Comments: PTsKh *žubǝ, PGB *šebu; a metathesis of vowels must be assumed for PTsKh.

Proto-Tsezian: *ži-ḳʷǝ A / *zi-ḳʷǝ A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: man

Tsezi: ž-eḳu

Khvarshi: ž-iḳwa

Bezhta: s-uḳo

Gunzib: s-uḳu

Comments: Cf. also Tsez. Asakh. žeḳʷi. PTsKh *žiḳʷǝ, PGB *suḳu. The word is originally a compound *ži-hiḳʷǝ (see *hiḳʷǝ); the vacillation *ž/*z is rather often a reflex of PEC palatal sibilants.

Proto-Tsezian: *žinṭu (~ ž:-,-ɨ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sheep's dung

Tsezi: ženṭu

Comments: Attested only in Tsez., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *žižu (~ž:,-ɨ-,-Ṽ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: plait

Tsezi: žežu

Ginukh: žežu

Comments: PTsKh *žižu (~-ɨ-,-Ṽ-).

Proto-Tsezian: *ž:ã

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horse's mane

Bezhta: žaro (Tlad.)

Gunzib: žãru

Comments: The PN paradigm must have been *ž:ã, *ž:aru-, and the PGB form *žãru can only be explained as a merger of the former direct and oblique stems - otherwise there is no way to explain the Gunz. nasalisation (impossible in PTs before -r-).

Proto-Tsezian: *ž:agV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 raspberry 2 a thorny bush

Bezhta: žagi ordo 1 (Khosh.)

Gunzib: žagi 2

Comments: PGB *žagi (Bezht. ordo 'berry').

Proto-Tsezian: *ž:ara

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 ice 2 to get cold

Bezhta: za-ʎ- (Khosh.) 2

Gunzib: žara 1

Comments: PGB *žar(a). Bezht. za-ʎ- ( < *ž:ar-ʎ- with an auxiliary verbal morpheme -ʎ-). The Bezht. root is superficially close to Andian forms like Tind. saʎ- 'to get cold' ( < PA *soʔ-ʎ-), but the correspondence PA *s- : PTs *z:- (or *ž:-) is irregular.

Proto-Tsezian: *ž:e A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 now 2 today

Tsezi: ža-qIuʎ 2

Ginukh: ži-qu 2

Khvarshi: že-qu-ʎ (Radzhibov)

Bezhta: že-nsa (Khosh.) 2

Gunzib: že 1

Comments: PTsKh *že-qu (for the second part see PTs *qu); PGB *že. Cf. also another PTs derivate: *ž:e-n(ɔ) "and now" > Tsez. žin, Gin. žin "again, once more", Bezht. žena, Gunz. žen "still, once more".

Proto-Tsezian: *ž:ǝž: ( ~ -ž)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: inner pus

Bezhta: žož

Comments: Cf. also Bezht. Khosh., Tlad. žöž id. Attested only in Bezht., but having a probable Nakh parallel.

Proto-Tsezian: *ž(:)irV (~-ɨ-,-l-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wattle-fence

Tsezi: želi

Comments: Attested only in Tsez., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *ž:ɨʁ:ʷ (~-χʷ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: window

Bezhta: žuʁ

Gunzib: žoʁ

Comments: PGB *žuʁ / *žoʁ (the variation u/o probably pointing out a former *žɨʁʷ).

Proto-Tsezian: *ž:-uḳʷ- B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to beat

Tsezi: žeḳʷ-

Ginukh: zoḳ-

Khvarshi: žiḳʷ-

Inkhokvari: šuḳ-

Bezhta: zuḳ- (Tlad.)

Comments: PTsKh *žu_ḳʷ-; the verb has an expressive prefix *ž:- (for some reason devoiced in Inkh.).

Proto-Tsezian: *ž:V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: (one)self

Tsezi: žo

Ginukh: zo

Khvarshi: žu (Radzhibov)

Bezhta: žü

Gunzib: žu

Comments: PTsKh *žo, PGB *žu.

Proto-Tsezian: *žumal ( ~ š-, š:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bushes, shrubs

Gunzib: šumal

Comments: Attested only in Gunz., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Tsezian: *žužV ( ~ ž:)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 ant 2 wasp

Khvarshi: žuž 1

Inkhokvari: žuža 1

Comments: PTsKh *žuž(a).

Proto-Tsezian: *žV (~*ž:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a demonstrative pronoun

Tsezi: žo

Khvarshi: ži-du (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: ži-du

Comments: The PTsKh paradigm may be reconstructed as *žo, *ži-, cf. Tsez. žo (nom./erg.) 'that (far away but seen)', pl. že-di. In Inkh. only the plural form ži-du 'those, they' is preserved.

Proto-Tsezian: niš:e

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 night 2 at night, in the evening

Tsezi: neširu 1,2

Ginukh: neši 1

Khvarshi: nišo-ho (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: nišo-ho 2

Bezhta: niše 1

Gunzib: niše 1

Comments: PTsKh *niše (~-ɨ-), PGB *niše. Cf. also Gin. nesa (with s/š alternation) 'evening'.

Proto-Tsezian: ȁȁ*χɨs ( ~ ʁ:-,-z:)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ȁȁdirt

Bezhta: ʁiz (Khosh.)

Gunzib: ʁɨz

Comments: PGB *ʁɨz (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. ʁiz).

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