Reconstruction:Proto-Lezghian/req̇ʷ

This Proto-Lezghian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Lezghian

Etymology

Nikolayev / Starostin derive from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *rʕēnq̇wɨ (“lock”).

Has been compared to Proto-Georgian-Zan *rḳina- (“iron”), Old Armenian երկաթ (erkatʻ, “iron”), երկինք (erkinkʻ, “sky”).

Noun

*req̇ʷ

1. iron

Descendants

• Aghul: рукь (ruqʼ)
• Lezgi: ракь (raq̇)
• Tabasaran: рукь (ruq̇)

References

• Bork, Ferdinand (1907) Beiträge zur Kaukasischen Sprachwissenschaft. T. 1. Kaukasische Miszellen (in German), Königsberg: R. Leupold, pages 18–19
• Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, § 103, page 57
• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*rʕēnq̇wɨ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, pages 943–944