Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *p:alḳʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 cheek,cheek-bone 2 spine 3 bone 4 rib

Lezghian: p:arḳʷ 1 (Khl.)

Rutul: barḳʷ 2 (Al.)

Tsakhur: barḳʷ 3

Kryz: beḳ 4

Comment: Obl. stem *p:alḳʷa- (cf. Lezg. Khl. p:arḳʷa-, Tsakh. Gelm. barḳʷa-). Medial *-l- is reconstructed because of the liquid's preservation before a velar (original *-r- would be lost). 3d class in Tsakh., 4th class in Kryz. The root must have denoted some specific bone; to judge from external evidence, originally it must have been some bone of leg.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *bŏlVḳwŏ / *ḳwŏlVbŏ

Meaning: leg bone

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *bV(l)ḳV

Proto-Dargwa: *buruḳ

Proto-Lezghian: *p:alḳʷ

Proto-West Caucasian: *ḳaṗa

Notes: There occurred a metathesis either in PEC or in PWC (rather usual for roots of this type); otherwise the correspondences are all right (in PWC there's a usual delabialisation before the following labial) and the comparison seems quite reliable.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *bV(l)ḳV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: knucklebone

Avar: beḳ

Comments: Av. paradigm C or A (pl. béḳa-l / búḳ-dul).

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *buruḳ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: foreleg

Chiragh: buruḳ

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ḳaṗa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: shin, shank; calf of leg

Adyghe: ʎa-č̣́āṗa

Kabardian: ʎa-n-č̣āṗa

Comments: PAK *ḳaṗá (in a compound with *ʎa 'foot, leg').

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