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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *gagu (~-ā-)
Meaning: knee
Chechen: gōla
Ingush: go
Batsbi: gawgŭ
Comments: The Chech. form goes back to *gagu-la ( = Ing. gola "elbow; curve") and means also "elbow, curve".
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *gwālgV
Meaning: spine, back-bone
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Phonetically correspondences are quite regular. The meaning 'knee, elbow' in PN is probably secondary ('joint' < *'spine joint' ?).
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *gugu (~o)
Meaning: back
Tsezi: gugu
Khvarshi: gugu
Inkhokvari: gugu
Comments: PTsKh *gugu.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *k:ʷalk:
Meaning: spine
Lezghian: k:ʷarg (Khl.)
Rutul: gʷarg
Comment: In Lezg. Khl. there is also a variant k:argʷ. 3d class in Rut. Preservation of liquid in Rut. points directly to PL *-l- (*-r- would have disappeared in this position).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-rut,lezget-comment,
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