> Interestingly, Alb. nuse 'bride, daughter-in-law' is probably just
a
> lookalike, unrelated to the rest of the correspondence set.
>
Or:
(from
I. M. Diakonoff S. A. Starostin
Hurro-Urartian
as an
Eastern Caucasian Language)
78 Hurro-Urartian language branch, EC: *nas-: Hurrian naz-
ard& 'concubines' (-ard& is a suffix of collective and abstract
nouns) < Proto-Eastern Caucasian *nusV (or *n&wsV) 'bride, daughter-
in-law': Khinalugian, EC: c.y-nas 'bride' (lit. 'new bride' =
Bacbian, Nakh EC: c.i-nus id.); Awar nus, Andi Tindi, Karata, Andi
etc. nusa; N Bacbi, C^ec^en, Ingushetian nus 'daughter-in-law'. Cf.
also PAA *n&sa id.
Regular. The root may be in some way related to I.-E. *snus-a:.