Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *pɔ̄r

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: outer side, face

Ket: hɔĺ⁴, hɔʔl

Kottish: far-pag, farpax, pl. farpagan, farpakan 'tree bark'

Comments: Werner 1, 277, 322 (without comparison and reconstruction).

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *mɨ̆ɦwVlV̆

Meaning: tip; nose, mouth

North Caucasian: *mɨ̆ɦwVlV̆

Sino-Tibetan: *mūr

Comments and references : WFR 17, LDC 16.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *mɨ̆ɦwVlV̆

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nose

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *mihar

Proto-Tsezian: *maru

Proto-Lak: maj

Proto-Dargwa: *maħul

Proto-Lezghian: *muʔel

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Lak. has lost the final resonant (probably as a result of its reinterpretation as obl. base marker).

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *mihar

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nose

Avar: meʕér

Andian language: mahar

Akhvakh: miʕa

Chamalal: maj

Tindi: mijar

Karata: miʕar

Botlikh: miʕar

Bagvalal: miʕar

Godoberi: mihar

Comments: Av. paradigm C (muʕrú-l, múʕru-l). Cf. also Akhv. Ratl. miʔar "nostril", Bagv. Tlond. meʕel, And. dial. (Leksika) mihar, Cham. Gig. mara etc. In Akhv. besides miʕa 'nose' we have miʕi 'beak' - obviously related, but the suffixation is not clear.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *maru

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nose

Tsezi: maIli

Ginukh: malu

Khvarshi: mani

Inkhokvari: maIne

Bezhta: märö

Gunzib: maru

Comments: PTsKh *maIRe/*maIRu, PGB *maru. -n- in Khvarsh. and Inkh. is a result of nasal assimilation.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: maj

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nose

Lak form: maj

Comments: 3d class.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *maħul

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 nose 2 beak

Akusha: maIʕul 1 (Kait)

Chiragh: muʕul 2

Comments: Should be distinguished from PD *muħuli 'mouth' q.v.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *muʔel

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 nose 2 beak 3 snot

Lezghian: ner 1

Agul: muʔul 2

Kryz: miʔel 1

Budukh: meʔel 1

Archi: muIl 3

Comment: The Lezghi form needs a special comment. It is, in fact, a historical plural form: n-er < *ʔin-er < *ʔil-er (cf. dialectal Khl. iler 'nose'); the shift from l to n in lit. Lezghi is not quite clear, but paralleled in the case n-ez "eat" < *ʔil-ez (see *ʔiʔʷäl-). In its turn, *ʔil-er is a quite regular reflex of *muʔel-ar ("the nostrils") with a normal loss of the preaccented sequence *mu-.

    The word belongs to the 3d class in Kryz., Bud. and Arch.

    See Лексика 1971, 120.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mūr

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mouth, jaw

Tibetan: mur-goŋ the temples, mur-ãgram jaw, jaw-bone, mur-tho ulcer in the mouth, rmur to gnaw and bite each other, mur-ba to gnaw, masticate, mur gills.

Lushai: hmūr point, tip, end, KC *hmūr (Thado mu beak, Khoibu mur).

Comments: Rawang mr face; mouthful; Newari hmu-tu. Sh. 161; Ben. 78. Not quite clear is the relationship of OCh. 吻 *m_ǝnʔ corner of lips, shut the lips; Lush. hmūi the lips; upper lip.

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