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 (erkatʿ, “iron”), երկինք (erkinkʿ, “sky”).

Noun

*req̇ʷ

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
Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*rʕēnq̇wɨ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, pages 943–944