North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦnēƛ̣wē

Meaning: sweetbrier, eglantine

Proto-Nakh: *ħanḳ́-al ( ~ -ḳ-)

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *himƛ̣a

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔõƛ̣u B

Proto-Lak: qa-naḳ

Proto-Lezghian: *niƛ̣:Vj ( ~ -e-)

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular. The PL form ( > Rut. niggä) is a seeming exception: the Rut. form, reflecting the expected PL *neƛ̣Vj, was obviously modified under influence of Rut. niGGä 'strawberry' (q.v.).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *ħanḳ́-al ( ~ -ḳ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sweetbrier

Batsbi: ħanḳal

Comments: It is possible that Chech. el-ħamč 'hawthorn' goes back to the same root (with irregular deglottalisation: we would expect *ħanč̣-).

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *himƛ̣a / *hinƛ̣a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sweetbrier

Avar: ʕinṭí

Chadakolob: noṭó

Andian language: hilma-l

Akhvakh: miƛ̣a

Comments: Av. paradigm B (gen. ʕinṭí-dul; Chad. niṭí-l, naṭá-l). Cf. also Av. Shangud. nolʔo, Andal. ʕinli (in some Av. dialects there occurred a rather frequent metathesis of nasality in the first weak syllable with laryngeal), Akhv. Tseg. miṭa, And. dial. (Khaid.) hinalo-l, hinlʔa-l 'sweetbrier'. Av. ʕinṭi > Darg. Ak. ʕinṭ id.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔõƛ̣u B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sweetbrier

Tsezi: ʕiƛ̣u-q̇a

Ginukh: iƛ̣u / ʕiƛ̣u

Khvarshi: ĩƛ̣u (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: ẽƛ̣u

Bezhta: õƛ̣o

Gunzib: ǝ̃ƛ̣u

Comments: PTsKh *ʔẽƛ̣u ( ~ -ö̃-); PGB *ʔǝ̃ƛ̣u (cf. also Bezht. Khosh. oƛ̣o). The PGB vocalism is not quite regular (one would rather expect *ʔõƛ̣u).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: qa-naḳ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sweetbrier

Lak form: qanaḳ

Comments: Cf. also Khosr. qanaḳ id. The form contains a prefix *qa-, also discoverable in some other berry names.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *niƛ̣:Vj ( ~ -e-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sweetbrier

Rutul: niggä

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

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