North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *gwămpV

Meaning: raspberry

Proto-Nakh: *kamu-r / *kumV-l

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *gʷabi (~-o-)

Proto-Tsezian: *g̥1̇ʷem A

Notes: Reconstructed for PEC (the root is characteristic for the Western area).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *kamu-r / *kumV-l

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 raspberry 2 mulberry

Chechen: komar 2

Ingush: komar 1,2

Batsbi: kumel 1

Comments: Cf. also Chech. c̣ēn komar 'raspberry' (lit. 'red mulberry'). In Ing. the word also means 'strawberry'. The word contains different suffixes in Chech./Ing. and Bacb.; in Bacbi there was, additionally, a vowel metathesis.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *gʷabi (~-o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 raspberry 2 strawberry

Chamalal: gʷab 1

Tindi: gʷabi 1

Karata: gobe 2

Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. gʷabi.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *g̥1̇ʷem A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 raspberry 2 strawberry 3 a k. of berry

Khvarshi: kim 1

Inkhokvari: kem 1

Bezhta: gemalo 3

Gunzib: gomi 2

Comments: PTsKh *k[e]m; PGB *göm(V). For the suffixed form in Bezht. cf. the Nakh forms.

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