North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *HĕrχwA / *HĕwχwA

Meaning: to comb; to scratch, scrape

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *=oχʷ-

Proto-Lak: =uIχ:a-

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔabχʷ- / *ʔibχʷ-

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔerχʷa

Proto-West Caucasian: *χʷa

Notes: A reliable common NC verbal root; correspondences are regular. See Абдоков 1983, 182.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *=oχʷ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to comb

Andian language: =oχʷ-

Comments: Attested only in Andian, but having good external parallels.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: =uIχ:a-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to comb

Lak form: =uIχ:a-n

Comments: G. pr. =uI=χ:u-n. In Khosr. the root (=uIχ:i-n) is used only to denote "to comb (wool)"; for hair-combing a derivate z-iχ:Ii-n is used.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔabχʷ- / *ʔibχʷ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to comb

Akusha: abχ-es

Chiragh: abχ- / ibχ-

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔerχʷa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to comb 2 to scratch, scrape 3 comb (n.)

Lezghian: čuχʷa- 2

Tabasaran: ǯ̌-u=χ- 1

Agul: ž-irχ- 1

Tsakhur: giw-a=χa- 1

Archi: =eχ:a- 1

Udi: oχ 3

Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. ǯi=χ-, Ag. Bursh. ǯurχa-, Arch. dur. =erχ:u-r. All reflexes point uniformly to *-χʷ-, except Arch. -χ:-. Tense -χ:- in Archi should be probably explained by the influence of gobχ:a-s 'to scratch, scrape' (or the Lak. form =uχ:Ia-n ?). Lezg., Tab. and Ag. reflect a stem with an expressive preverb (*č:- or *č-).

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *χʷa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to scratch 2 to rub

Abkhaz: a-ħʷa-rá 1

Abaza: ħʷa-ra 1

Adyghe: χʷa-n 2

Kabardian: χʷa-n 2

Ubykh: χʷaχʷá- 1

Comments: PAT *ħʷa; PAK *χʷa (cf. also *ṭa-χʷa- 'to scratch' > Ad., Kab. ṭaχʷa-); Ub. sǝ-χʷaχʷá-n. The Ub. form is reduplicated.

    See Abdokov 1973, 69; Shagirov 2, 86, 112.

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