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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *a=hur̄
Meaning: palm (of the hand)
High Navarrese: aur
Low Navarrese: ahur
Lapurdian: ahur, (Bardos) ahur-phala
Baztanese: agur
Zuberoan: áhür
Roncalese: (Uztárroz) agur
Comments: Perhaps also (B) aur ‘slope’, aur gora ‘uphill’, aur bera ‘downhill’ (cf. Hunzib kuro ‘brook, ravine’, etc.). Bsq *aur̄e ‘front’ (q.v.) is of separate origin.
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-anv,basqet-bnv,basqet-lab,basqet-bzt,basqet-zbr,basqet-rnc,basqet-comments,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *kHwǝ̄rV́
Meaning: hole
Comments and references : HGC 30, WFR 6 (somewhat different, cf. *xGwɨ̆́lʡi). sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-yen,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *kHwǝ̄rV
Meaning: hole, pit, ravine
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Both phonetically and semantically reliable (all the meanings center around the principal meaning "pit").
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *kōr
Meaning: window
Chechen: kor
Ingush: kor
Batsbi: kor
Comments: Obl. base *kōra- (Chech. kōra-, Ing. koro). 5th class in Chech. and Bacb.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *kurV B
Meaning: brook, ravine
Tsezi: keru / kero
Ginukh: koro
Khvarshi: kula
Inkhokvari: kula
Bezhta: kuwo
Gunzib: kuro
Comments: PTsKh *küRV; PGB *kuro (cf. also Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. kuro).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-gin,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: kuIru
Meaning: nest
Lak form: kuIru
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *kur
Meaning: pit
Akusha: kur
Comments: Cf. Ur., Tsud. kur id.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *kur
Meaning: 1 river 2 pit
Kryz: kur 1
Budukh: kur 1
Udi: kur 2
Comment: The meaning in Ud. is original; in the Shakhdagh languages there was a semantic development 'pit, ravine' > 'river' (cf. similar semantic development in Tsezian languages).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-udi,lezget-comment,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *g[a]r
Meaning: cunnus
Kottish: kar, Ass. kar
Arin: ken
Comments: ССЕ 226. The comparison is possible if the Arin form is a contracted plural (ken < *ker-(V)n). Werner 1, 411 <*kaʎ>.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-kot,yenet-ari,yenet-notes,
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