Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *haq̇:i (~ħ-,-o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cliff, rocky slope

Tindi: haq̇:i

Comments: Attested only in Tindi, with probable Tsezian correspondences. Tind. > Inkh. haq̇i 'rock, cliff'.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *Hă[n]q̇_V ( ~ -ĕ-,-ǝ̆-,-G_-)

Meaning: mountain slope

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *haq̇:i (~ħ-,-o-)

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔɔ̃q-

Notes: An And-Tsez. isogloss (therefore the PEC reconstruction is not very secure).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔɔ̃q-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: shady slope of a mountain

Bezhta: õq-ƛ̣as (Tlad.)

Gunzib: ɔ̃qqu (G.)

Comments: PGB *ʔɔ̃q- with different suffixes. Cf. also Bezht. Khosh. oq̇ijo (with secondary -q̇- < *ʔɔ̃q-ʔVj; cf. analoguously Khosh. biq̇ijo 'sunny slope' and Tlad. biq-ƛ̣as id. with a similar development < PTs *bɨq- 'sun'); Gunz. (Bokarev's dictionary) ãqeru (with ã misspelled instead of ɔ̃).

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