Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *murq̇a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: alder-tree

Batsbi: murq̇a

Comments: Attested only in Bacb., but having probable external parallels.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *mĕ[l]G_wɨ̆

Meaning: alder-tree

Proto-Nakh: *murq̇a

Proto-Tsezian: *nɔqʷV / *mɔqʷV

Proto-Lezghian: *meq:ʷ

Proto-West Caucasian: *Pǝ̃ʁa (~*mǝʁa, -G-)

Notes: Not quite clear is the loss of liquid in PL; otherwise all correspondences are regular. The meaning "oak" in PTs was probably influenced by another EC root, *mħŏq_wĕ "oak-tree, acorn" q.v.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *nɔqʷV / *mɔqʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 oak-tree, acorn 2 alder-tree

Tsezi: noqi 2 (Isakov)

Ginukh: noqe 2 (Isakov)

Khvarshi: muqu-rḳa 1

Inkhokvari: muqu-rḳa 1

Bezhta: naqo (Khosh.) 2

Gunzib: nɔqe 2 (Isakov)

Comments: PTsKh *noqu / *moqu-; PGB *nɔqʷe.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *meq:ʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: alder-tree

Lezghian: maq:u-n t:ar

Tabasaran: muq:u-n har

Comment: Obl. base *meq:ʷɨ- can be reconstructed on basis of Lezg. maq:u-, Tab. muq:u- (t:ar, har "tree").

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *Pǝ̃ʁa (~*mǝʁa, -G-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: alder-tree; hornbeam

Ubykh: mǝʁa-

Comments: Ub. mǝʁa-c̣ʷa 'alder-tree', mǝʁā-sǝ́ 'hornbeam'. The root is attested only in Ub., but has probable EC parallels.

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