Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *č̣iχ:- (~-ʁ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far

Bezhta: c̣iχo

Gunzib: č̣iχu

Comments: Cf. also Tlad. č̣iχö id.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *=ārχ_V

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far

Proto-Tsezian: *č̣iχ:- (~-ʁ-)

Proto-Lak: arχ(:)-

Proto-Dargwa: *-arχ(:)-

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔarχ:(-Vl)

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Originally used with class prefixes or preverbs (cf. the expressive preverb *č̣- in PTs), although they were lost or became part of the root in some modern languages.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: arχ(:)-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far

Lak form: arχ-s:a

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *-arχ(:)-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far

Chiragh: b-arχ-le

Comments: Isolated in Chir., but with good external parallels.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔarχ:(-Vl)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far

Lezghian: jarʁal

Tabasaran: jarχla

Agul: warχa

Rutul: χɨrɨ-dɨ

Kryz: juχ-ta

Budukh: jiχ-ta

Archi: aχ

Udi: aχIil

Comment: j- and w- are prefixed class markers. In PL there existed an Ablaut grade *ʔorχ:V-, reflected in Kryz., Bud. and Rut. (where χɨrɨ- < *ʔorχ:ɨ- with a usual adjectival metathesis).

    See Хайдаков 1973, 106.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xkV́rV

Meaning: far

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *=ārχ_V

Sino-Tibetan: *Kjar ?

Basque: *hur̄u-

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Kjar

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leave, abandon

Tibetan: ãgjer to drop or let fall, to throw down; to quit, abandon.

Burmese: kjan to stay, be left, khjan to leave.

Comments: BG: Garo gal, Dimasa gar; Rawang gar leave, quit, abandon. Ben. 19.

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *hur̄u-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: far

Araban: urruti

Bizkaian: urrun, urrin, (arc) hurrun

Gipuzkoan: urruti, (Etxarri) irruti

High Navarrese: urrun, (Lezaka) urruti

Low Navarrese: urrun

Salazarese: urrun

Lapurdian: urrun

Zuberoan: hürrün

Roncalese: urrin

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : KVRV ?

Meaning : far

Sino-Caucasian : *xk_VrV

Amerind (misc.) : *ari 'far' (in *ali R 443) or *kure 'far' (in *kule R 444)

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