Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔanq

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 garden 2 fruit(s)

Akusha: anq 1

Chiragh: aq 2

Comments: Cf. also Ur. anq 'garden'.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ʔĕqV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grape; fruit; fruit-garden,vineyard

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ʔoqi

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔɔχ ( ~ *ħ-)

Proto-Lak: aq

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔanq

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular, except for the excessive -n- in PD (all other languages reveal absolutely no trace of any medial resonant); it may have penetrated from an oblique base like *ʔaq-nV- (or, more probably be a result of contamination with another root: PEC *HēnqwV 'meadow, plot' q.v.).

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ʔoqi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 garden 2 sweet cherry 3 grape

Avar: aχ 1

Andian language: oχi 2 (Tsertsvadze)

Akhvakh: aqi 3

Chamalal: aχ 3

Tindi: aχi 3

Karata: aχe 1

Botlikh: aχi 1

Bagvalal: ah 1

Comments: Av. paradigm B~C (gen. aχí-l). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg. aχi, Cham. Gig. aχi 'grape, vineyard'. Av. aχ > And. aχi 'garden'.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔɔχ ( ~ *ħ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: grape

Khvarshi: oh

Inkhokvari: oh

Comments: PTsKh *ʔoχ̥1̇ (~ -h).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: aq

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: garden

Lak form: aq

Comments: Cf. gen. pl. aq-urdil.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʔVqV

Meaning: fruit, berry

North Caucasian: *ʔĕqV

Yenisseian: *ʔaq- ( ~ -χ-)

Basque: *ok-

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔaq- ( ~ -χ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: blueberry

Ket: áʁuś / áɣuś (Werner 1, 56).

Comments: Werner 1, 567 (treating as a compound aq 'rotten' + huʔś 'berry', which is extremely dubious).

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *ok-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 plum 2 sloe

Bizkaian: ok-aran 1, txarri-ok-aran 2

Gipuzkoan: (Etxarri-Aranaz) ok-aran 1

Comments: A compound with *ar=han, q.v. *ok-arhan may orig. have designated the cultivar plum (cf. Lak aq ‘garden’, etc.) as opposed to wild plums and sloes.

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