Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *a=hune / *a=hunc

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 kid (young goat) 2 goat

Bizkaian: aume, auma 1, auntz 2

Gipuzkoan: auntz 2

High Navarrese: auntz 2

Low Navarrese: ahuña 1

Salazarese: auña, aguña 1

Lapurdian: ahuntz 2

Zuberoan: ahǘñe 1, ahǘntz 2

Roncalese: añe 1, aintz 2

Comments: Cf. PNC *kwɨ̄ʡnɨ̄ 'ram'.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *kwɨ̄ʡnɨ̄

Meaning: ram, goat

North Caucasian: *kwɨ̄ʡnɨ̄ (~-ǝ̆,-ă)

Basque: *a=hune / *a=hunc

Comments and references : BCD 24.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *kwɨ̄ʡnɨ̄ (~-ǝ̆,-ă)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ram

Proto-Nakh: *kā

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *kʷinʔi

Proto-Tsezian: *kʷehi (~ *kʷej) ?

Proto-Lak: ku

Proto-Dargwa: *kʷiha

Proto-Lezghian: *kʷɨʔa-r

Proto-Khinalug: ki

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The appearance of -m- in PN (also in some plural forms in Andian and Darg. languages) is caused by secondary labialisation of the Inlaut combination. The vowel in Tsez. (Gin.) is irregular, and it is probable that the Gin. form is, in fact, an Avar loanword. The word means uniformly 'ram', thus the meaning 'young goat' in PL (where the form has a suffixed, possibly originally plural, *-r) is secondary.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *kā

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 ram 2 male (of animals)

Chechen: ka 1

Ingush: ka 1

Batsbi: komõ 2

Comments: Obl. base *kōme- (cf. Chech. kȫma-, Ing. komo); the Bacb. adjective reflects directly this oblique base.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *kʷinʔi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ram

Avar: kuj

Chadakolob: kʷi

Andian language: kun

Chamalal: kʷī

Tindi: kʷī̃

Karata: kũji

Botlikh: kũʔi

Bagvalal: kũʔi

Godoberi: kũji

Comments: Av. paradigm A (kúj-dul, kúj-dul). Cf. also Cham. Gig. kũj (pl. kuma), Gad. kuj.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *kʷehi (~ *kʷej) ?

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ram (from 6 months up to 1 year old)

Ginukh: kʷij

Comments: Since the form is isolated in Gin., it may be an Av. loan (there exist dialectal forms kʷi, kʷij in Av.).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: ku

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ram

Lak form: ku

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *kʷiha

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ram

Akusha: kiha

Comments: Cf. also Chir. pl. kume, Ur. kiwa, Kub. kʷā (pl. kume), Kharb. kʷihʷa, Kad. kuja etc.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *kʷɨʔa-r

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: young goat

Tsakhur: kuwar

Kryz: kʷahär

Budukh: küwer

Comment: Cf. also Tsakh. (Tsakh.) kɨwar id. 3d class in all languages.

Khinalug etymology :

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