Avar-Andian etymology : Query result

Protoform: *ʔ[i]nkʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 carriage 2 nail, wooden peg 3 round whetstone

Avar: hokó 1

Chadakolob: horkó 1

Andian language: inkʷa 1,3

Akhvakh: ħãku 2

Chamalal: ankʷ 2

Comments: Av. paradigm C (hakí-l, haká-l; Chad. horkí-l, harká-l). Cf. also Cham. Gig. anku 'nail, wooden peg'. The latter meaning is probably secondary, going back to 'linchpin' or 'axle' (cf. the meanings in other languages).

Av. > Akhv., Tsez., Gin. hoko, Cham. hok (Gig. hoka),Tind. ħoka ( > Inkh. ħoko).