Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *ħēχ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: teach

Chechen: ħēχ-

Ingush: ħeχ-

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *=Hīmx_wV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to learn, teach

Proto-Nakh: *ħēχ-

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *=iʎʷ(Vn)- (~-ƛʷ-)

Proto-Lak: l-ax:i-

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔiʎ:a-

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *=iʎʷ(Vn)- (~-ƛʷ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to understand 2 to know

Avar: ʎa- 2

Chadakolob: ta- 2

Chamalal: =uʎVn- 1

Tindi: =uʎĩ- 1

Comments: Avaro-Andian languages reveal (as in many other cases) a vacillation between -n- and -r-conjugations.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: l-ax:i-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: learn, study

Lak form: l-ax:i-n

Comments: G.pr. l-a=x:u-nu. Cf. Khosr. lax:ʷi-n id.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔiʎ:a-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: learn, study

Archi: ʎ:a-

Comment: Isolated in Arch., but with good external parallels.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *x_wVmV

Meaning: to teach, understand

North Caucasian: *=Hīmx_wV

Sino-Tibetan: *K(j)u(a)m

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *K(j)u(a)m

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: understand, be acquainted with

Tibetan: ãkhums to comprehend, understand.

Burmese: kjwam be acquainted with etc.

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