On an Indo-European–North-Caucasian lexical line and some North-Caucasian loanwords in the Hittite language. Aspects of interpretation
The study is focused on an Indo-European–North Caucasian lexical mapping of names for silver, which, on a closer examination, turned out to stem from an Armenian borrowing in East-Caucasian languages. One of the North Caucasian borrowings in Hittite language is of the same origin, while three of the seven analyzed words were of Bulgar or Turkish origin. Further etymological interpretation of other North-Caucasian borrowings will help to arrive at definite conclusions about the veracity of the present results.