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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *garge
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: near
Chechen: gerga
Ingush: garga
Batsbi: garg(eħ)
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦĭgVrV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: near
Proto-Nakh: *garge
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *HVgVr-
Proto-Tsezian: *ʔǝgV (~-ɨ-)
Proto-Lak: l-ag-ma
Proto-West Caucasian: *gʷa (~*ǵʷ-,*k:ʷ-)
Notes: The PN form is reduplicated. PTs *ʔǝgV- reflects *ʔVrgV < *ɦĭgVrV- with a typical adjectival reduction and metathesis of -r-. The second vowel is unclear (labialisation in PWC may reflect a labialised vowel or a former class affix).
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *HVgVr-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: near
Avar: ʕagára-b
Comments: Kar. Tok. ʕagaru-b 'near' is probably borrowed from Av.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *ʔǝgV (~-ɨ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: near
Tsezi: igo
Ginukh: igo
Khvarshi: agol
Inkhokvari: oge
Comments: PTsKh *ʔǝgV (the reason for -i- instead of -e- in Gin. is not clear).
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: l-ag-ma
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: around, in the vicinity
Lak form: lag-ma
Comments: In Lak., l- is a common verbal prefix, and the same root should be probably found in laga-n (p. pr. la=gu-n) 'to go, walk' (used usually as the preterite stem for ha-n) < *'to go around'.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *gʷa (~*ǵʷ-,*k:ʷ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: near
Abkhaz: ā́jgʷa
Abaza: argʷa-nǝ
Comments: PAT *ajǝ-gʷa / *arǝ-gʷa (with pronominal or reflexive prefixation; in Abaz. cf. also ajgʷa 'friend'). The Abkh. form ājgʷa goes back to *ʕa-ajǝ-gʷa with an additional locative prefix.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦĭgVrV́
Meaning: near
North Caucasian: *ɦĭgVrV
Sino-Tibetan: *k(r)ǝ̆j ( ~ g-, q-, G-; -s)
Yenisseian: *ʔɨkVl ( ~ -x-, -r)
Basque: *hur̄-
Comments and references : WFR 2.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(r)ǝ̆j ( ~ g-, q-, G-; -s)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: near, close
Chinese: *kǝj be near, close, imminent.
Tibetan: ãkhris near, close.
Comments: Peiros-Starostin 216. Cf. also OCh. 近 *g_ǝrʔ be near, *g_ǝrʔ-s come near to, keep close to. Cf. rather scattered Austric forms: Thai kǝ:j 'to overlap', Khmer pǝŋkaǝj 'very near, close', Viet. kề 'near, approach' - probably all of Chinese origin.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔɨkVl ( ~ -x-, -r)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: close to, near
Ket: ɨ̄ĺ, ɨĺ-ga, ɨĺ-ka, iĺ-ga (Werner 1, 358, 2, 434)
Yug: ɨgl (ibid.)
Comments: Werner 2, 434-435 <*ɨ̀gǝ́l>.
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *hur̄-
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 near, close 2 next
Bizkaian: ur, urre, urren 1, urra 2
Gipuzkoan: urren 1
High Navarrese: urbil 1
Low Navarrese: hurren, hurbil, (Garazi) hurran 1
Salazarese: urran 1
Lapurdian: hurbil 1, hurko 2
Baztanese: urran, urren 1
Zuberoan: hüllan 1
Roncalese: ullan 1
Comments: Eastern /huĺan/ by expressive palatalization, like /hoĺi/ for *hori 'yellow'.
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