Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *śega-iɫa

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: goat (yearling)

Salazarese: segailla

Zuberoan: segeilla, segilla

Roncalese: segailla

Comments: *-iɫa is a diminutive suffx: cf. (BZK, ZBR) neskatilla (double diminutive < *neśka-t-iɫa) '(little) girl', etc.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *čwǝ̆́rqV

Meaning: sheep, goat

North Caucasian: *čwǝ̆rq_ū (~ -l-)

Basque: *śega-iɫa

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *čwǝ̆rq_ū (~ -l-)

Meaning: sheep, lamb

Proto-Nakh: *čuχV

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *čVq:u

Proto-Dargwa: *čaq:a

Notes: The root is, actually, an Avar-Nakh isogloss (the Darg. form may be borrowed). However, the correspondences seem to be regular and the PEC form can be reconstructed (although with some doubt). Neither PN nor Av. have Inlaut resonants here, but the presence of *-r- or *-l- is suggested by the correspondence -χ- : -q:- (without the resonant -q- would be preserved in PN).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *čuχV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lamb

Chechen: čuχa

Batsbi: čujχĭ

Comments: Final vowel not quite clear: Chech. points to *čuχa, while Bacb. - to *čuχe.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *čVq:u

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 2-year-old sheep, sheep (in general)

Avar: čaq:ú

Comments: Paradigm B (čaq:-dá-l, čaq:á-bi). Isolated in Av., but with some external parallels. Av. čaq:ú > Darg. Chir. čaqu id.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *čaq:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sheep

Comments: Attested only in Kharb. čaq:a, thus the PD antiquity is dubious.

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