Change viewing parameters
Switch to Russian version
Select another database

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Search within this database
\data\cauc\abadet
Proto-West-Caucasian: *č̣́ǝḳʷǝ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 young boy, youngster 2 small
Abkhaz: á-č̣́ḳʷǝn 1
Abaza: č̣́ḳwǝn 1,2
Comments: PAT *č̣́ǝḳʷǝ-nǝ (with a rather frequent suffixed -nǝ). In Abaz. variations: č̣́ḳʷǝn in the Russian-Abaza dictionary, but č́ḳʷǝ-n in Abaza-Russian (both forms are probably now in free variation). Despite Rogava and Shagirov (see Shagirov 2, 125) can not be related to PAK *c̣ǝḳʷǝ 'small' (PAT *č̣́ never corresponds to PAK *c̣).
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-comment,

List with all references
Search within this database
Select another database

Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
90422713692110
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov