North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *wVlq̇V̄

Meaning: a k. of cereal; flour made of it

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *muq̇a

Proto-Tsezian: *muq̇V B

Proto-Lak: u

Proto-Dargwa: *nuq̇-un

Proto-Lezghian: *wVnq̇

Proto-Khinalug: moʁ

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Lak. u regularly < *muʔu (with loss of initial *m + narrow vowel). In many languages the root means a special sort of barley ("голозерный ячмень"), which must have been the original meaning or close to it. Note also the existance of a PEC derivate *wVlq̇V̄-nV 'flour made of young (barley) sprouts'; besides PD *nuq̇un and Tsakh. (Mishl.) uq̇un it is reflected in Lak. ini ( < *muʔV-ni) id., cf. especially Lak. u ini ( < *muʔu *muʔV-ni) 'flour from young barley sprouts'.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *muq̇a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 a sp. of barley(голозерный ячмень) 2 wheat 3 rye

Avar: buʕá 1

Andian language: muGa 2

Akhvakh: muq̇a 1

Tindi: muja 1

Karata: muʔa 3

Godoberi: muʔa 1

Comments: Av. paradigm B (gen. buʕó-l). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg. muʔa 'barley'. Av. buʕá > Cham. Gig., Kar. Tok. buʕa id.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *muq̇V B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 a sp. of barley (голозерный) 2 grain, cereals

Tsezi: maIw 1 (Kid.)

Bezhta: müq̇o 2

Gunzib: muq̇e 2

Comments: PGB *muq̇ǝ (cf. also Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. müq̇e 'grain; a sp. of barley (голозерный ячмень)'). The Tsez. form can go back to PTsKh *müIq̇V.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: u

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a sp. of barley (голозерный ячмень)

Lak form: u

Comments: Gen. uwa-l; cf. also Khosr. u, gen. uʔa-l / uwa-l id. A derivate from the same root is Lak. ini ( < *ʔu-ni) 'oat flour' (cf. the same type of structure in Darg. nuq̇-un 'flour, oat flour').

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *nuq̇-un

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 flour from young sprouts 2 flour

Akusha: nuq̇un 1

Chiragh: nuq̇un 2

Comments: Cf. also Kub. nuq̇un 'flour from young sprouts'.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *wVnq̇

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 caraway 2 flour from young sprouts 3 barley

Rutul: maq̇ (Ikhr.) 1

Tsakhur: uq̇-un (Mishl.) 2

Archi: buq̇ 3

Udi: mu 3

Comment: The vocalism is hard to reconstruct (only dialectal forms in Rut. and Tsakh. are attested). In Arch. the word means 'a sp. of barley (голозерный ячмень)'; the original meaning is clearly 'grain, esp. barley grain'.

Khinalug etymology :

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