North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *jVrg_Ĕ

Meaning: a k. of grass

Proto-Nakh: *jVrʎ-

Proto-Tsezian: *ħeƛu B

Proto-Lak: la

Proto-Khinalug: ink:

Proto-West Caucasian: *jaɣ́a

Notes: The NC etymology seems plausible both phonetically and semantically. The Lak. form has reduced the first weak syllable (la < *jila). Not quite clear is the Khin. reflex: Кибрик-Кодзасов-Оловянникова 1972 have a notation ink:, while the latest MSU recordings have ink - both are irregular (normally -ḳ would be expected).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *jVrʎ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: weeds

Chechen: jar-aš

Ingush: jɔrh

Comments: 4th class in Ing., plur. tant. in Chech. The vowel correspondence is irregular (Chech. has a short -a-, but Ing. ɔ points to long *ā before a following back vowel - indicating an oblique base like *jārʎu-).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ħeƛu B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 wormwood, absinth 2 a k. of grass

Inkhokvari: ʕaƛu 1

Bezhta: heƛ 2

Lak etymology :

Lak root: la

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: medicinal absinth

Lak form: la

Khinalug etymology :

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *jaɣ́a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: goose-foot (grass)

Adyghe: jaž́ā-šχʷa

Kabardian: jāźā-śχʷa

Comments: PAK *jaž́a (used only in a compound with *šχʷa 'grey' < *šʷǝχʷa q.v.). The compound actually means "grey grass", or possibly just "jaž́a-grass" - because the root *šχʷV in PAK has also the meaning 'burdock, weeds' - but is now folk-etymologically understood as "grey ashes" - because of the confusion of the two originally separate roots (see *jaɣ́a 'ashes').

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