North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *hwǝ̄lkwē

Meaning: carriage, vehicle; wheel

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ʔ[i]nkʷV

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔakV- ( ~ ħ-,-ã-)

Proto-Lak: harkʷ

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔarkʷ

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔa(l)kʷV-r

Proto-West Caucasian: *k:ʷǝ

Notes: Correspondences are regular. See Balkarov 1964, Shagirov 1977, Abdokov 1983, 130. Cf. also Hurr. χulug- 'chariot'.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ʔ[i]nkʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 carriage 2 nail, wooden peg 3 round whetstone

Avar: hokó 1

Chadakolob: horkó 1

Andian language: inkʷa 1,3

Akhvakh: ħãku 2

Chamalal: ankʷ 2

Comments: Av. paradigm C (hakí-l, haká-l; Chad. horkí-l, harká-l). Cf. also Cham. Gig. anku 'nail, wooden peg'. The latter meaning is probably secondary, going back to 'linchpin' or 'axle' (cf. the meanings in other languages).

    Av. > Akhv., Tsez., Gin. hoko, Cham. hok (Gig. hoka),Tind. ħoka ( > Inkh. ħoko).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔakV- ( ~ ħ-,-ã-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: whetstone, whetting wheel

Tsezi: ag-dori

Ginukh: aknu

Inkhokvari: aki-ṭel

Comments: PTsKh *ʔakV- (in Gin. with a -nu-suffix; Inkh. and Tsez. reflect a compound with a not quite clear second component).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: harkʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: carriage wheel axle

Lak form: harkʷ (Bartkh.)

Comments: Quoted from Хайдаков 1966.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔarkʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 axle 2 carriage; cradle

Akusha: ark 1 urkura 2

Chiragh: urkura 2

Comments: PD *ʔurku-ra is a petrified plural form of *ʔarkʷ. Cf. also Ur. urkura, Kub. ūkā 'cradle'.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔa(l)kʷV-r

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: linchpin (of a vehicle)

Lezghian: akur

Comment: Attested only in Lezg., but having probable external parallels.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *k:ʷǝ (~*k:́ʷ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: carriage, vehicle

Adyghe: kʷǝ

Kabardian: gʷǝ

Comments: PAK *k:ʷǝ.

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