North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦnărG_wī

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: house; hearth

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *hanq̇:ʷV

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔãq ( ~ *ħ-)

Proto-Dargwa: *hanq:i

Proto-Khinalug: ōq̇an

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular (the correlation Av. rVC(V) : PA *HVNCV points to the PEC structure *HNVRCV̄).

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *hanq̇:ʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 house 2 dug-out, hut

Avar: ruq̇: 1

Chadakolob: roq̇ 1

Andian language: haq̇:u 1

Chamalal: hãq̇:ʷ 1

Tindi: haq̇:ʷa 2

Botlikh: hanq̇:u

Godoberi: hanq̇:u

Comments: Av. paradigm B (loc. ruq̇:ó-b, pl. ruq̇:-zál; Chad. roq̇ó-l, ruq̇-žál). Cf. also Cham. Gig. hanq̇:u 'house', hanq̇:a-za '(house) floor'. Tind. > Inkh. hãq̇ʷa 'hut, dug-out'. Note that for Proto-Av.-And. we should reconstruct *hranq̇:ʷa with a *hr-cluster (cf. the same type of development in *himc̣:u (**hrimc̣:u) q.v.).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔãq ( ~ *ħ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: house

Khvarshi: ãq

Inkhokvari: ãq

Comments: PTsKh *ʔãq.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *hanq:i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hearth

Akusha: anq:i

Chiragh: haq:a

Comments: Cf. also Ur. anq:i, Kub. aq:e id; the latest MSU Chir. recording is aq:a.

Khinalug etymology :

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦnắrxGwī

Meaning: hearth, interior (?)

North Caucasian: *ɦnărG_wī

Sino-Tibetan: *naŋ / *nak

Burushaski: ? *mákući

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *naŋ / *nak

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: inside, interior

Tibetan: naŋ the interior, the inside.

Burmese: nak deep, ǝnak within, belonging to.

Lepcha: njŭŋ to be deep, to be intricate, as subject, learning

Comments: Trung rǝ³-năʔ¹ be deep. Luce 67.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *mákući

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: in the middle

Yasin: mákući

Hunza: mákući

Nagar: mákući

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