Reconstruction:Proto-Avaro-Andian/oχi

Proto-Avaro-Andian

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Tsezian *oχ.

Noun

*oχi

1. garden
2. grape

Descendants

• Avar:
  • Avar: ах (ax)
    • Andalal, Antsukh, Hid and Karakh dialects : ахӏ (aḥʳ)
    • Rugudzha, Rissib, Shulani, Kudali and Kuyada subdialects : агъ (ağ)
• Andic:
  • Andi: охи (oxi)
  • Akhvakh-Tindi
    • Akhvakh: ахъӏи (aqˣi, “garden, grape”)
    • Karata-Tindi
      • Karata: ахе (axe)
        • Tokitin dialect: агьи (ahi)
      • Botlikh-Tindi
        • Botlikh: (Miarso) ахи (axi)
        • Godoberi: ахи (axi)
        • Chamalal: ах (ax, “garden, grape”)
          • Gigatli dialect: ахбакь (axbakkˡʼ, “garden”), ахи (axi, “grape”)
        • Bagvalal-Tindi
          • Bagvalal: агь (ah, “garden”), ах (ax, “grape”)
          • Tindi: ахи (axi, “garden, grape”)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ʔĕqV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers