Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *worʎ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: seven

Chechen: worh

Ingush: worh

Batsbi: worʎ

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ʡĕrŁ_ɨ̆

Meaning: seven

Proto-Nakh: *worʎ

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *hoƛ̣:u-

Proto-Tsezian: *ʕɔƛ-(nɔ) A

Proto-Lak: arul

Proto-Dargwa: *warʁI- (/*warχI-)

Proto-Lezghian: *u_irƛ:ɨ-

Proto-Khinalug: jiḳ

Proto-West Caucasian: *bǝĹǝ

Notes: A very stable common NC numeral. It is also attested in HU: although the normal Hurr. word for 'seven' is šitta- (a Semitic loanword), the old root may be discovered in Hurr. fāīrǝ ( < *wa(H)er-) "the seven stars, the Pleiades" (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 20). In most NC subgroups (including HU) this numeral reveals a reflex of the old class marker *u_- (*u_ʡĕrŁ_ɨ̆); labial *b- in PWC is also a trace of the class prefix. Special phonetic comments: in Lak. arul < *ʔarl- (insertion of a parasitic vowel between two liquids); the uvular reflex in PD is due to the lost laryngeal; in PWC palatalisation of *Ĺ is secondary (there does not exist a non-palatalised *L in PWC). Otherwise all correspondences are regular.

    See Trubetzkoy 1922, 241, 243; 1930, 275; Абдоков 1983, 152.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *hoƛ̣:u-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: seven

Avar: ánƛ̣:-go

Chadakolob: ánƛ̣-gu

Andian language: hoƛ̣:u-gu

Akhvakh: aƛ̣:u-da-

Chamalal: aƛ̣:u-da-

Tindi: haƛ̣:u-ja

Karata: haƛ̣:u-da

Botlikh: haƛ̣:u-da

Bagvalal: haƛ̣:u-da

Godoberi: haƛ̣:u-da

Comments: In Avar -n- is secondary (due to the influence of anƛ:-go 'six'). Cf. also Akhv. Ratl. aƛ̣:u, Cham. Gig. haƛ̣:u-da.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʕɔƛ-(nɔ) A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: seven

Tsezi: ʕoƛno

Ginukh: oƛno

Khvarshi: oƛa

Inkhokvari: oƛ

Bezhta: aƛna

Gunzib: ɔƛno

Comments: PTsKh *ʕoƛ(-no); PGB *ʔɔƛ-n[ɔ].

Lak etymology :

Lak root: arul

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: seven

Lak form: arul

Comments: Khosr. arul=a.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *warʁI- (/*warχI-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: seven

Akusha: werħ-el

Chiragh: ʁIʷar-al

Comments: Cf. also Ur. werħ, Kub. wē.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *u_irƛ:ɨ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: seven

Lezghian: iri-d

Tabasaran: urɣu-b

Agul: jeri-d

Rutul: jiwɨ-d

Tsakhur: jiɣɨ-lle

Kryz: jiɣɨ-d

Budukh: jiji-d

Archi: wiƛ, wiƛa-ṭu

Udi: wuʁI

Comment: Cf. also Arch. ƛʷi 'seventy' (with metathesis < *ƛiwi < *u_irƛ:ɨ-j).

Khinalug etymology :

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *bǝĹǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: seven

Abkhaz: bž́-ba

Abaza: bǝž́-ba

Adyghe: bLǝ

Kabardian: bLǝ

Ubykh: bLǝ

Comments: PAT *bǝž́ǝ; PAK *bLǝ. See Trubetzkoy 1922, 236.

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