Avar-Andian etymology : Query result

Protoform: *gʷinV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 oat flour 2 roasted flour

Andian language: gun 1

Chamalal: guni (Gig.) 1

Karata: goni 2

Godoberi: guni 1

Protoform: *gʷirdV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 shirt 2 dress

Avar: gordé 1

Chadakolob: gurdé 1

Andian language: gurdo 2 (Khaidakov)

Karata: gordi 2

Comments: Av. paradigm C (plur. górda-l; but Chad. B: gurdí-l, gurdá-l / gurd-bí).

Protoform: *gʷirV ( ~ gu-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 circle 2 wheel

Avar: gor 1

Akhvakh: goro 1

Karata: guri 2 (Tok.)

Comments: Av. paradigm C~A (pl. góra-l). Cf. also Av. goró ( garí-l, gará-l) 'small ball; hail'; gír- 'to roll'; Kar. Tok. guri-l- 'to roll, whirl'.

Protoform: *gʷi(r)žV~ *gi(r)žʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 fang, canine tooth 2 molar 3 pestle

Avar: gožó 1

Andian language: guži 2

Akhvakh: goržo 1 (Tseg.)

Chamalal: gožu 3 (Gig.)

Tindi: kožu

Karata: goža / gʷaža (Tok.)

Comments: Av. paradigm B (pl. gažá-l). An Av. loanword is And. gožo 'fang' (a doublet with guži) and perhaps also Akhv. North. gožo, Kar. gožo. Since *g- is obviously the original Anlaut (cf. the external evidence), we must admit that in Tind. and Cham. (U.-Gakv.) koža there occurred a rather unusual dissimilation *g- > k-. Quite strange is Av. Chad. gánža (paradigm A: gánži-l, gánža-l) - a Darg. loanword?

Protoform: *g(ʷ)iži

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bitch

Avar: gʷaží

Andian language: geži

Akhvakh: geži

Comments: Av. paradigm B (gʷažú-l, guž-bí). Kar. gʷaži 'bitch', judging from its phonetic shape, is an Av. loanword.

Protoform: *gʷorzV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 beak 2 cheek

Avar: gozó 1

Chadakolob: gožó 1

Andian language: gʷorzu 2

Godoberi: gʷaza 1

Comments: Av. paradigm B (pl. goz-bál; Chad. gožó-l, gažá-l). Cf. also God. Zib. goza 'beak'.

Protoform: *gʷV-d-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: give

Chamalal: gu-d-

Tindi: gʷa-

Protoform: *gʷVl-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to speak, talk

Avar: gal-

Chamalal: gull-

Karata: gal-

Godoberi: gul-at-

Comments: The Kar. form may be borrowed from Avar. All languages reflect stem II *gʷVl-, but stem I *=agʷ- is probably present in And. =agʷ- 'to count'.

Protoform: *gʷVnc̣:V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a small haystack

Chadakolob: gonóc̣

Comments: Chad. paradigm C (gunc̣í-l, gónc̣a-l).

Protoform: *gʷVngʷV-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: skull

Avar: gʷangʷára

Comments: Av. gen. gʷangʷára-dul. The Av. word is borrowed in God. gʷangʷara id.

Protoform: *gʷVnta ( ~ -o)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 pit 2 hollow (of a tree)

Avar: gʷadár 2

Akhvakh: gatta (Tseg.) 1

Chamalal: gunta 1

Comments: Av. paradigm B or C (gen. gʷadrí-l); -d- obviously under the influence of gʷend 'pit' q.v. (note that there also exists Av. górdo 'window; hole' with an absolutely obscure Chad. parallel: górsu). Despite similarity, the root should be distinguished from PA *gʷandV q.v. (there is an opposition in Av. and Cham. between these two roots). [For Av. Chad. górsu cf. perhaps Ag. Bursh. gʷaršin 'window' - an equally isolated form].

Protoform: *gʷVnVgV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a sort of millet with small grains

Avar: gonéga

Comments: Av. > Lak. gunugi 'a local sort of millet'. Some Av. or Lak. dialect is probably the source of Arch. gamgi 'a drink made of young millet'.

Protoform: *gʷVrV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hyena

Avar: (ʕan-)gúr

Comments: Etymology of the first part (ʕan-) see under PEC *ʕwamħV. There exists also a dialectal word Unt. gʷed 'sparrow-hawk' which in all probability is a Tsezian or Lezgian loan.

Protoform: *gʷVrV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: crowd, medley

Avar: gúri

Comments: Av. paradigm C (gurá-l, gúra-bi). The Avar source is most probable for Osset. gʷɨr / gur 'crowd' (see Abayev 1958, 531).

Protoform: *gʷVrV-n

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: enclosure (for cattle)

Avar: gorén

Protoform: *ʁa-b-/*ʁa-n- (~-o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to scratch, scrape 2 to comb

Chamalal: ʁan- 1,2

Karata: ʁab- 1

Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig. ʁam- 'to scratch; to comb'. Only stem II (*ʁV-) is represented.

Protoform: *ʁabu (~-o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: foot

Chamalal: ʁab

Comments: Cf. also Gad., Gig. ʁabu id. Isolated within Andian, but having probable Tsezian parallels.

Protoform: *ʁado(rV)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 stream, brook 2 ravine

Andian language: ʁador 1

Akhvakh: ʁada (Tseg.) 1

Chamalal: ʁada 1

Tindi: ʁaja 1

Botlikh: ʁadaru 1

Godoberi: ʁada 2

Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Ratl. ʁarda 'stream, ravine', Cham. Gig. ʁada 'ravine'.

Protoform: *ʁadVč̣a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 heifer (1-2 y. old) 2 bull-calf

Andian language: ʁajč̣a 1

Chamalal: ʁadač̣a 2

Karata: ʁajč̣a 2

Godoberi: ʁadač̣a 2

Comments: The root contains the infix *-dV-, present also in other names of young domestic animals.

Protoform: *ʁamc̣a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 grasshopper, locust 2 dragonfly

Andian language: ʁac̣a 1

Akhvakh: ʁač̣a 1

Chamalal: ʁanc̣a 1

Tindi: ʁarc̣a 1

Karata: ʁac̣a 1

Godoberi: ʁac̣a 2

Comments: Cf. also God. Zib. ʁanc̣a 'dragonfly'. A variant *qamc̣a (with voiceless *q-) is reflected in Cham. Gig. χanza 'grasshopper'.