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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *k_urmäśV / *k_urmäʒ́V
Meaning: a k. of fruit
Notes: An interesting common NC term (although within the data listed there may still be a number of old interlanguage borrowings). The long root structure, of course, is in Caucasian languages very favourable for metatheses, which we observe here in many cases. We can also mention a quite alone-standing form: Khin. ḳinaz 'grape'. It resembles most the Nakh forms (especially Bacb.), and may be a trace of old Khin.-Nakh contacts. Also borrowed from some neighbour languages (with distortions) are probably some words for 'strawberry' in Andian languages: Cham. q:ermužuq̇: (Gig. q:erbuši), Inkh. χilbač. {The word is found also in Arab. and Berber, see ND 945}.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *kamiʒ/*kamis(/-mus)
Meaning: grape
Chechen: kems
Ingush: koms
Batsbi: kaniz
Comments: 4th class in all languages. Variation *ʒ/*s reflects two old PEC variants (present also in other languages). The Chech. and Bacb. forms reflect a vocalic variant *kamis (*kamiʒ), but Ing. koms presupposes a form *kamus.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *kušV ( ~ -ũ-,-š:-)
Meaning: peach
Tsezi: kušuħi
Ginukh: kušoħi
Comments: PTsKh *kušVI-hi ( ~ -ũ-,-ĩ). The word is a compound; for the second part cf. possibly PTs *hĩ 'pear'.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: k:urmuz
Meaning: a k. of fruit (мирабель)
Lak form: k:urmuz
Comments: Cf. also Khosr. k:urmuz 'damson'. Old Lak. is probably the source of Av. (dial., cited in Khaidakov 1973) germez and Arch. gerbec 'quince'.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *k:imirsi
Meaning: quince
Akusha: gimirhi
Comments: Cf. also Ur. gimirʔa, Kait. č:imisi, Kub. č:imite id.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *kumärš / *kumärč:
Meaning: quince
Tabasaran: kumiš
Agul: kuržam
Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. kuč:im, Ag. Bursh. kuršem. Different dialects reflect variants with *š and *č:, parallelling a similar variation in some other EC languages (see above).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *mǝrǝgʷǝźʷǝ(~k:ʷ,ž)
Meaning: a sort of plum or peach
Abkhaz: a-mǝrgʷǝ́ź (Bzyb.)
Comments: The word is present only in compounds a-mǝrgʷǝ́ź-pħʷa 'a sort of plum', a-mǝrgʷǝ́ź-ṭama 'a sort of peach'. Although found only in Abkh., the root has interesting parallels in EC.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-comment,
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