Reconstruction:Proto-Tsezian/cɔɲ

This Proto-Tsezian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tsezian

Etymology

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Noun

*cɔɲ class 2

1. salt

Descendants

• East Tsezian:
  • Bezhta:
    • Bezhta Bezhta: цаᵸ (cã)
    • Khoshar-Khota Bezhta: ца (ca)
    • Tlyadal Bezhta: ца (ca)
  • Hunzib: цаъᵸ (cå̃)
• West Tsezian:
  • Hinukh: чийо (čiyo), чӥйо (čüyo)
  • Khvarshi-Tsez:
    • Khvarshi:
      • Inkhokwari Khvarshi: циᵸйо (cĩyo), цийоᵸ (ciyõ), циᵸйоᵸ (cĩyõ)
      • Khvarshi Khvarshi: цийоᵸ (ciyõ)
      • Kwantlada Khvarshi: цийоᵸ (ciyõ)
    • Tsez:
      • Kidero Tsez: цийо (ciyo)
      • Sagada Tsez: цийо (ciyo)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*cɔ̃”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers