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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *hI[a]χV-
Meaning: 1 be high 2 rise, raise 3 high 4 long
Lezghian: aq̇-aχ-iz 2
Rutul: ha-χa-s 1
Tsakhur: aχ-tɨ-n 3
Kryz: ʕaχtä 4
Budukh: ʕapχu 4
Archi: eχa-s 2
Udi: boχo 4
Comment: The stem is verbal (and belongs to the strong verb class), but is often used for deriving adjectives 'high' (Rut. ha-χɨ-d, Tsakh. aχtɨ-n, Arch. b-e:χu) or 'long' (Kryz. ʕaχtä, Bud. ʕapχu, Ud. boχo). The meaning 'long' may be a result of partial contamination with PL *[hI]alχä- 'long' q.v., but in general these two roots are to be strictly kept apart. See Хайдаков 1973, 105.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-arc,lezget-udi,lezget-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *=ǝ̆qĔ
Meaning: to rise, be high
Proto-West Caucasian: *χ́ʷV Notes: As in several other verbal roots, labialisation in PWC is here secondary (probably being a remnant of class prefixation). Otherwise the correspondence is perfectly satisfactory, both phonetically and semantically. The initial laryngeal in PL (together with PD *ʔ- being derived from *ɦ-) should be probably treated as a historical preverb. Another preverb, *l-, is frequent with this root (cf. the exact parallelism between the Lak. and the PN forms).
There are no certain traces of this root in PTs; cf. perhaps Tsez. iχ-ju 'thick'. It is quite isolated within Tsezian, and may reflect the original adjective 'high' (the correlation 'high' - 'thick' is not unusual in NC languages).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *laq-en
Meaning: high, tall
Chechen: leqa
Ingush: laqa
Batsbi: laqẽ
Comments: Cf. also the root *laq- in Chech. laqa 'upwards', Bacb. laq-na 'high up'.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *=V(r)qV / *ʔiq-
Meaning: 1 to lift, raise 2 to rise (of dough) 3 to rise
Avar: =orχ- 1, =aχn- 3
Chamalal: ʔiχ- 2, =aχ-id- 3
Comments: Cf. also Av. -órχa-ta- 'high, tall'. Here -r- is most probably a former aspective (durative) infix, and not a part of the root (it, however, prohibited the change *q > χ > h in Av.). -n-conjugation in Av. =aχn- is probably secondary. For the semantic change cf. Lak. laqa-n 'to rise; to rise, ferment (of dough)'. Both in Av. (=aχn-) and in Cham. (=aχ-id-) the root has also the meaning 'to cross, pass over'.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-chm,aandet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: la=qa-
Meaning: to rise; to increase
Lak form: la=qa-
Comments: G. pr. la=qun. Cf. also laq-s:a 'high, tall', laq-nu 'high above (adv.)'.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *ʔaq-
Meaning: high
Akusha: aq-si
Comments: Cf. also Ur. aq, Kharb., Tsud. aq-se 'high, tall'. Cf. also the root aq- in the compound (Ak.) aq-biʔes 'to rise', and as a verbal root: Ak. aq-es, Ur. aIq- / iq- 'to cross, pass over' (cf. the semantic development in Av.-And.).
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *χ́ʷV
Meaning: to grow; to multiply
Abkhaz: a-z-ħa-rá
Abaza: z-ħa-ra
Adyghe: xa-χʷǝ-
Kabardian: xa-χʷǝ-
Ubykh: χ́a-χ́ǝ́-
Comments: PAT *ħa- (with preverbs); PAK *χʷǝ- (with the preverb *xa-). In PAT, from the same root is derived the adjective *ħa-raḳǝ 'high, tall' (Abkh. á-ħaraḳ, Abaz. ħaraḳǝ). In PAK the verb has acquired also a more general meaning ('to grow' > 'to become'). See Shagirov 2, 113.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=ǝ̆(x)qĔ
Meaning: to rise
Sino-Tibetan: OC *khǝʔ 'to rise'
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,
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