Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ŋä̆kwV̆ ?

Meaning: to bow, stoop; knee

North Caucasian: *nä̆kwV̆

Sino-Tibetan: *ŋŭk

Basque: *makur̄

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *nä̆kwV̆

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: knee, thigh

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *nikʷo

Proto-Lak: nik

Proto-Dargwa: *nikʷa

Proto-Khinalug: nik

Proto-West Caucasian: *kʷa

Notes: The comparison is plausible (both phonetically and semantically). See Abdokov 1983, 79.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *nikʷo

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 knee 2 leg

Avar: náku 1

Chadakolob: naku 1

Andian language: nikʷol 2

Akhvakh: nikʷa 2

Chamalal: nikʷal 1

Tindi: niku 1

Botlikh: nuku 1

Bagvalal: nikʷ 1

Godoberi: nuku 1

Comments: Av. paradigm C (nakál-zul, náka-bi). Cf. also Av. Andal. ʕanaku (with "body part" prefixation). And. and Cham. have suffixed -l.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: nik

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: knee

Lak form: nik

Comments: 4th class; obl. base niki-ra-. Cf. khosr. nikʷ 'hip, thigh; knee'.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *nikʷa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: knee

Akusha: nika (dial.)

Comments: The source dialect is unknown; quoted from Khaidakov 1973.

Khinalug etymology :

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *kʷa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: hip, thigh

Adyghe: kʷa

Kabardian: kʷa

Comments: PAK *kʷa.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋŭk

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bow, bend

Burmese: ŋǝuk to drop, bow, as the head, to stoop.

Kachin: ŋuʔ³ to drop, bow, as the head (possibly from Burm.), (H) ŋu, ŋuk.

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *maku-r̄

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: curved, bent, hunched

Bizkaian: makur

Gipuzkoan: makur

High Navarrese: makur

Low Navarrese: makhur

Lapurdian: makhur

Baztanese: makur

Comments: Secondarily, '(morally) crooked, perverse, wrong', etc. However, Michelena (1961: 271–272) suggested that makur is a ma- derivative of the verb gur-tu ‘kneel, bow’, though without explaining the difference in voicing. Alternatively, this could be a formation related to Bsq *oker̄ 'bent', etc. (q.v. = PNC *=ŏḳŭr), with the prefix *ma=.

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