Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *mVGǝ ( ~ *-ɣ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 thorn 2 a k. of thorny bush

Abkhaz: á-mʁ 1

Abaza: mʁǝ 1

Ubykh: maʁǝ́ʁ-mǝʒ́ǝ 2

Comments: PAT *mǝɣǝ. The Ub. reflex is partially reduplicated (maʁǝ́ʁ-; mǝʒ́ǝ means 'thorn'). The correspondence PAT *ɣ : Ub. ʁ points to PWC *G or *ɣ.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *mV̆G_Ă(-lV)

Meaning: a k. of weed

Proto-Nakh: *măʁVl-ṭ

Proto-Tsezian: *muq ( ~ -o-)

Proto-Lezghian: *maq̇:Vl(a)

Proto-West Caucasian: *mVGǝ ( ~ *-ɣ-)

Notes: Correspondences are regular (although there is not enough evidence to reconstruct the first vowel), and the etymology seems quite reliable.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *măʁVl-ṭ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cockle, weed

Chechen: merʁad

Ingush: maʁaldi

Comments: 4th class in Chech., but 3d class in Ing. The vowel's shortness is indicated by Chech. -e- (a long *-ā- in this position would yield -ä-). In Chech. there occurred a metathesis (*maʁVlṭ > *malʁVṭ with a subsequent change -l- > -r-).

    Nakh > Osset. mäɣälda 'cockle, weed' (Abayev 1973, 83).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *muq ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mint

Inkhokvari: muIq

Comments: Attested only in Inkh., but having probable external parallels.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *maq̇:Vl(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nettle

Rutul: maGGul

Comment: Attested only in Rut., but having probable external parallels.

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