Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *moq ( ~ -ō-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: song

Batsbi: moq

Comments: Isolated in Bacb., but having probable external parallels.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *maGwV̄

Meaning: word, sound, song

Proto-Nakh: *moq ( ~ -ō-)

Proto-Lak: maq

Proto-Lezghian: *ma[q:ʷ]

Proto-West Caucasian: *maq:V

Notes: As in many other cases, the PWC form has underwent a dissimilatory delabialisation (*q:ʷ > *q: after the initial labial). Otherwise correspondences are regular.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: maq

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: word

Lak form: maq

Comments: Gen. muq:u-l. Cf. Khosr. maq, muq:u-l id.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ma[q:ʷ]

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 tale 2 song

Lezghian: maʁ (Nüt.) 1

Tabasaran: maqʷ 1

Budukh: maʁ 1

Udi: maʁI 2

Comment: The Tab. form (cf. also Düb. maq) is irregular: maʁʷ would be expected. The reason is probably a contamination of two originally different roots: *maq:ʷ 'word' and *ma(r)χʷ 'tale, fairy-tale' q.v.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *maq:V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sound, voice

Adyghe: māq:a

Kabardian: māq:

Comments: PAK *maq:V́. In view of the external evidence the root should be treated as a whole, and Shagirov's (1,259) hypothesis about its morphological complexity does not seem convincing.

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