Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *HraʎwE (?*HarʎwE)

Meaning: to fall

North Caucasian: *HraʎwE

Sino-Tibetan: *lVw ( / -k)

Burushaski: *bal- ?

Basque: *e=rori

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *HraʎwE

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to fall, go down

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ʎʷV-b-

Proto-Lak: t:iri=x:i-

Proto-Dargwa: *=ax:-/*=alx:-(/-i-)

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔarʎɨ-

Proto-West Caucasian: *ʎ́ʷV

Notes: One of the rare verbal roots with the root structure *HRVCV: such a reconstruction is directly suggested by the Lak. reflex t:irix:i-. Other languages have modified the structure of the root (we would expect *dirix:- in PD and *raʎɨ- in PL), having reinterpreted its Anlaut as a morphological prefix. The root demonstrates the verbal Ablaut *a/i.

    See Trubetzkoy 1922, 240 (and comments on p. 443).

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ʎʷV-b-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to fall, scatter

Akhvakh: ʎob-ej- (Tlan.)

Comments: Attested only in Akhv. (reflecting stem II *ʎʷV-), but having probable externall parallels.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: t:iri=x:i-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to fall, scatter

Lak form: t:iri=x:i-n

Comments: G. pr. t:iri=x:unu.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *=ax:- /*=alx:-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to lie

Akusha: k-alx-es

Comments: Cf. also (with Ablaut) Chir. ke=ix:- / ke=irx:- 'to put', ur=ix:- / ur=irx:- 'to hide, conceal', Ak. =ix-es 'to put', Ur. =ix- / =irx- 'to fall'.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔarʎɨ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to fall 2 to go down, roll down 3 to get into

Lezghian: aw-ax- 2

Tabasaran: a=x- 1

Agul: arx- 3

Tsakhur: q:aʔ-a=xa- 1

Budukh: araxa- / a=xu-

Comment: The verb is very productive (used with many preverbs, especially in Tab. and Ag. - cf. Ag. ʁ-arx- 'to lie down, to sleep' etc.), but sometimes tends to contaminate with the roots *ʔeʎe- 'to put' and *ʔeʎ:ʷɨ- 'to lie, to put' which are to be strictly distinguished.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʎ́ʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to go down, lower oneself

Adyghe: ja-xǝ-

Kabardian: ja-xǝ-

Ubykh: šʷa-

Comments: PAK *ja-xǝ- (with a pronominal prefix *ja-); Ub. sǝ́-šʷa-n. The Ad. root may be alternatively compared with the Adygh noun *xǝ 'bottom' q.v. (see Yakovlev 1941, 210), but the latter seems to have a separate EC parallel. Despite Shagirov (1,178), however, Ub. χa 'bottom' can be connected neither with PAK *ja-xǝ-, nor with PAK *xǝ 'bottom'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lVw ( / -k)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fall, descend

Tibetan: lugs to give way, fall down.

Kachin: (H) khru to descend.

Lushai: thlau (thlauʔ) to fall behind, to lag behind, thlauʔ to drop, let fall.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *bal-

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: to fall, go down

Yasin: bal-́ / wál-

Hunza: bal-́ / wál-

Nagar: bal-́ / wál-

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *e=rori

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to fall

Gipuzkoan: erori

High Navarrese: erori

Low Navarrese: erori

Lapurdian: erori

Zuberoan: erori

Comments: Cf. PNC *Hraʎwe 'to fall, go down'. Normally PNC *-ʎ- [voiceless lateral fricative] corresponds to Bsq *-ɫh- (between vowels). There has been assimilation and/or dissimilation in play; or early loss of /h/ in Bsq *e=roɫhi or *e=loɫhi > *eroli > erori?

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