Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *q:ara

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far

Abkhaz: á-χara

Abaza: qara

Comments: PAT *qara (cf. Bz. á-χara).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *qāʡVrV ( / *ʡārVqV)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far; long, high

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ǝʔǝr-

Proto-Lak: laqi-

Proto-Dargwa: *haraq-

Proto-West Caucasian: *q:ara

Notes: Lak. has l- instead of r-, obviously, under the influence of laq-s:a 'high' (going back to PEC *-ǝ̆qĔ q.v.). Otherwise correspondences are regular. Cf. also Hurr. keri, ker-ae 'long, far away' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 59).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ǝʔǝr-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: high

Bezhta: hō

Gunzib: hǝʔǝru

Comments: PGB *hǝʔǝru, cf. also Bezht. Tlad. hoʔoro. Initial PTs *ʁ:- is probable because of external evidence (otherwise *h- or *ħ- could also be assumed).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: laqi-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: long

Lak form: laqi-s:a

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *haraq-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far

Akusha: haraq-si

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *rVŋKV́

Meaning: tall, long

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *rĭŋ

Yenisseian: *tɨŋgVr-

Comments and references : HGC 20. [In PST cf. also *răŋ `high, long'; *dhuŋ `long']

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rĭŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: long, tall

Tibetan: riŋ-ba long, sriŋ-ba extend, stretch, postpone.

Burmese: hrań long, far, LB *s-riŋ.

Kachin: ren² long.

Lepcha: ă-hrjăn

Comments: PG *riŋ^L; Dhimal hrin. Sh. 39, 125; Ben. 106; Mat. 171.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *tɨŋgVr-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: high

Ket: tɨŋǝĺ

Yug: tɨŋgɨl

Pumpokol: tokar-du

Comments: ССЕ 287. Werner 2, 309 <*t^hɨŋ(g)ǝl>; for a reason unclear to me maintains that the Pumpokol form is not comparable.

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : RVNKV

Meaning : high

Sino-Caucasian : *rVŋKV́

Amerind (misc.) : *araka 'above' (R 6) [ + K ]

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