Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔaq:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 hind leg of an animal 2 thigh 3 leg, foot

Tabasaran: aʁ 1,2

Agul: aʁ 1

Archi: aq 1,3

Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. aq:a. 4th class in Arch.; oblique stem *ʔaq:e- or *ʔaq:ɨ- (cf. Ag. Rich., Tp. aʁi-, Burk. aʁ, aʁu-).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ʡānq_V

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thigh; knee-bone, knee-cap

Proto-Nakh: *ħāqu-m (~ *ħōqa-m)

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ʔanq:u

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔaq:

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *ħāqu-m (~ *ħōqa-m)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: knee-cap

Chechen: ħōqam

Comments: Attested only in Chech., but with probable external parallels.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ʔanq:u

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 thigh 2 knee-bone

Andian language: aq:u 1 (Khaidakov)

Tindi: anq:u 2

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʡā́nqV ( ~ -xq-)

Meaning: thigh, knee-bone

North Caucasian: *ʡānq_V

Yenisseian: *ʔaʔK- (~x-)

Basque: *ɦanka

Comments and references : FDCP 2.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔaK- (~x-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thigh, behind (podex)

Ket: agdiś⁵ , pl. agdiśn⁵

Comments: ССЕ 179. Werner 1, 17 suggests a connection with Ket. áɣitka, Yug. ágɨt' 'behind' - which would favour a reconstruction with velar *-k- or *-x-.

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *ɦanka

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 leg, paw (of animal) 2 leg (human) 3 hip 4 buttock

Bizkaian: anka 1

Gipuzkoan: anka 1

High Navarrese: anka 1

Low Navarrese: hanka 3

Lapurdian: hanka 2, 3

Baztanese: anka 1

Zuberoan: anka 3

Roncalese: anka 4

Comments: Often thought to be of Germanic origin: cf. MHG hanke 'Schenkel, Hüfte' > Fr. hanche, It., Sp. anca 'haunch', etc. "The absence of [the change of *-nk- > -ng-] points to a rather late borrowing" (Trask). However, the meanings (esp. in BZK, GIP, ANV) are quite different from 'haunch'.

Total pages generated Pages generated by this script 607053 1579004	Help
StarLing database server Powered by CGI scripts Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov