Avar-Andian etymology : Query result

Protoform: *hinc̣o

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: stone

Avar: hec̣ó

Andian language: hinc̣o

Akhvakh: ĩč̣a

Chamalal: hĩc̣a

Tindi: hinc̣a

Botlikh: hinc̣a

Bagvalal: hinc̣a

Comments: Av. paradigm B (pl. hec̣á-bi). Cf. also Cham. Gig. hinza. The same root can be discovered in a PA compound meaning "sledge hammer": *hinc̣o-q̇:ur (origin of the second part is unclear; -c̣- > -c̣:- in some forms as a result of assimilation) > Akhv. ĩc̣:aq̇:u, Cham. hĩc̣aq̇:ʷ (Gig. hinc̣aq̇:ur), Tind. hinc̣aq̇:ur ( > Inkh. hic̣aq̇ur); from some Andian source is borrowed (with distortion) Bezht. Tlad. ãzaḳ, Khosh. azaḳ id.