Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ḳon(aj)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 handle 2 wood, firewood

Kryz: ḳɨnä 2

Budukh: ḳɨnǝ 2

Archi: ḳon 1

Comment: 4th class in all languages. Arch. pl. ḳon-ot (showing that we have here a single -n-, not -nn-). The meaning 'wood, firewood' in Kryz. and Bud. is secondary: cf. Kryz. Al. ḳɨna 'crossbeam, stick' (which is closer to 'handle' in Archi).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ḳŭnʡV

Meaning: handle

Proto-Nakh: *ḳaj ( ~ -ā-)

Proto-Lak: ḳuIj

Proto-Lezghian: *ḳon(aj)

Proto-Khinalug: ḳana

Proto-West Caucasian: *ḳʷǝ

Notes: The comparison seems plausible both semantically and phonetically. See Abdokov 1983, 128 (attracting also several unrelated EC forms).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *ḳaj ( ~ -ā-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: handle (of a cauldron, bucket)

Chechen: ḳaj

Ingush: ḳaj

Comments: 3d class in both languages. Because there is no Bacb. parallel, several reconstructions are possible (with *-b-, *-d-, *-g-, *-j- or *-w-); *-j is chosen because of external evidence.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: ḳuIj

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: handle

Lak form: ḳuIj

Comments: Cf. Khosr. ḳuIj id.

Khinalug etymology :

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ḳʷǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: handle

Adyghe: č̣́ǝ 1

Kabardian: č̣ǝ 1

Ubykh: ḳʷǝ 1

Comments: PAK *ḳǝ; Ub. def. a-ḳʷǝ́. Reasons for delabialisation in PAK are not clear.

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