North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *q_ĕrVq̇wV

Meaning: coat, coat of mail

Proto-Nakh: *ʁaʁa

Proto-Dargwa: *qariḳʷ

Proto-Lezghian: *q̇ärVq̇ʷ / *q̇ärVqʷ

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Except for occasional assimilations (usual in a root with two stops), correspondences are regular. Cf. also HU: Hurr. karkar-ni, Ur. qarqara- 'armour' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 58). It is interesting to note the recurring meaning 'coat of mail, armour' (in Nakh, HU, Lezg.): it shows that the root may have designated some piece of armour or warrior's garment in PEC.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *ʁaʁa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: coat of mail

Chechen: ʁaʁa

Ingush: ʁaʁ

Comments: 3d class in both languages.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *qariḳʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sheepskin coat

Chiragh: qariḳʷ

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *q̇ärVq̇ʷ / *q̇ärVqʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 sheepskin 2 sheepskin coat 3 coat of mail 4 shell

Lezghian: q̇erq̇ 1,3

Tsakhur: q̇arq̇ʷ 2

Budukh: q̇erq 4

Comment: 4th class in Tsakh. and Bud. In Lezg. the root means simultaneously "a piece of sheepskin" and "coat of mail". The disyllabic structure must be reconstructed to account for the preservation of -r- in Tsakh. (the cluster *-rq̇ʷ- would have yielded -q̇ʷ-); another solution would be to reconstruct *-lq̇ʷ, but this is against the external evidence.

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