Lezghian etymology : Query result

Proto-Lezghian: *reχ:Iʷa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 mill 2 to grind

Lezghian: reʁʷ 1

Tabasaran: raʁI-in 1

Agul: raX̀ 1

Rutul: ruχI 1

Tsakhur: joχ:Ia 1

Kryz: räħä-ǯ 2

Budukh: s-orʕu 2

Archi: deχIʷ 1

Udi: b-erχ-sun 2

Comment: The nominal root *reχ:Iʷa (which is itself an archaic verbal derivate, see below) is present in all languages except Shakhdagh and Udi and belongs to the 4th class in all class-distinguishing languages. Cf. also Lezg. Khl. räχIʷ 'mill', Tab. Kand. raʁI / raʁIin, Düb. raʁIa, Ag. Fit. raχIʷ, Tp. raʕ id., Kryz. räħä-ǯ, Bud. raħa-ǯ 'meal, flour'; in Arch. the root contains -χI:ʷ-, cf. the conjunctional form deχI:u 'and the mill-stone' and the secondary derivate duχI:a-t 'mill'.

The original verbal root is not preserved as such in PL; instead, a secondary denominal stem *reχ:Iʷa- was used. Besides the listed Kryz., Bud. and Ud. forms cf.: Lezg. reʁʷe-z, Tab. ra-ʁI-uz (Düb. ra-ʁI-us), Ag. ruX̀-as (Bursh. urX̀a-s), Rut. -u-ruχIʷa-s, Tsakh. gi-χ:Iʷar-es, Arch. de-χI:a-s (dur. derχI:u-r). The verb belongs to the weak verbal class. Lezghian languages preserve also two other archaic derivates from the same verbal root:

1) PL *χ:Iur / *χ:Iuj 'meal, flour': Lezg. ʁür (Khl. χür), Tab. χIu (Düb. χIuj), Ag. X̀ur (Fit. χIur, Tp. ʕur, Burk. raX̀u < *X̀aruj), Rut. χIur, Tsakh. χIu (χIujɨ-), Ud. χari. The word belongs to the 3d class in Rut. and Tsakh.

2) PL *χ:Iuw(a) 'mill': Kryz. ħuw, Bud. ħuw / ʕuw (4th class in Kryz., but 3d class in Bud.). See Бокаpев 1961, 68; Лексика 1971, 174-175, 205; Гигинейшвили 1977, 121; Магометов 1966, 342.