онщи

Andi

Etymology

From Proto-Avaro-Andian *ʔonš:ʷi, from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *ɦen(V)š_wĭ (“earth, clay”).

Noun

онщи (onšši)

1. earth

References

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