North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *q̇HŏcV

Meaning: kid, hornless goat

Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ɔs:V

Proto-Dargwa: *q̇Iaca

Proto-Lezghian: *χ:Iac̣

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The PL root must belong here, but with a very specific metathesis (of friction): *χ:Iac̣ < **q̇Ias (which would be the normally expected PL form).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ɔs:V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hornless animal

Gunzib: q̇ɔsɔ (Gunz., Nakh.)

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

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *q̇Iaca

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: he-goat

Akusha: q̇Iaca

Chiragh: q̇aca

Comments: Cf. also Ur., Tsud. q̇Iaca etc. A probable Darg. loanword is Lak. q̇aIca (Khosr. q̇Iaca) 'he-goat' (if the Lak. word were genuine, we would rather expect an -u- vowel).

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *χ:Iac̣

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: young goat (less than 2 y. old)

Lezghian: ʁec̣

Kryz: ħäč̣

Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Nüt. ʕac̣, Khl. ʕäc̣ id. 3d class in Kryz. Kryz. has an irregular hushing consonant (a contamination with ħäč̣ 'star' ?). The word is not attested in Budukh (where it would have given *ʕäč̣), but it is probable that an early Shakhdagh (Budukh) form like *ʁIäč̣ (before the change *χ:I > *ʁI > ʕ) was borrowed in Khin. ʁäč̣ 'young goat'.

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