Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *kHwǝ̄rV́

Meaning: hole

North Caucasian: *kHwǝ̄rV

Yenisseian: *g[a](ʔ)r

Basque: *a=hur̄

Comments and references : HGC 30, WFR 6 (somewhat different, cf. *xGwɨ̆́lʡi).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *kHwǝ̄rV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hole, pit, ravine

Proto-Nakh: *kōr

Proto-Tsezian: *kurV B

Proto-Lak: kuIru

Proto-Dargwa: *kur

Proto-Lezghian: *kur

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Both phonetically and semantically reliable (all the meanings center around the principal meaning "pit").

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *kōr

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: window

Chechen: kor

Ingush: kor

Batsbi: kor

Comments: Obl. base *kōra- (Chech. kōra-, Ing. koro). 5th class in Chech. and Bacb.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *kurV B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

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).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: kuIru

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nest

Lak form: kuIru

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *kur

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pit

Akusha: kur

Comments: Cf. Ur., Tsud. kur id.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *kur

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

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).

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *g[a]r

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

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>.

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *a=hur̄

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

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.

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