Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/ciciḳ
Proto-Nakh
editEtymology
editFrom interjectional origin associated with addressing a wild cat and a diminutive suffix. Compare etymology Hungarian cica (“kitten”), where the diminutive suffix is also used.
Noun
edit*ciciḳ
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*c̣ic”