Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *=oƛ̣-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to put clothes (on the upper part of body)

Avar: =eṭn-

Chadakolob: reṭé(l)-

Andian language: =ol-

Chamalal: =al-

Tindi: =al-

Karata: =aƛ̣-

Comments: Cf. also Av. Ants. riƛ̣ín-zi, reƛ̣é-zi; Kar. Anch. =alʔ- id. -n-conjugation in Avar is secondary, due to the influence of *=iƛ̣:Vn 'to put on (lower part of body)'.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *=Vƛ̣V

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to put clothes (on the upper body)

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *=oƛ̣-

Proto-Tsezian: *š(:)iƛ̣- A

Notes: Basically an Av.-And.-Tsez. isogloss. There are, however, some possible traces of the root in Lezgian languages: cf. Lezg. al-uḳ- 'to put on (clothes)' (where *-ḳ- can go back to *ƛ̣ - if this is not the same root as eḳi-z, al-ḳ-, Akht. ak:ɨ-n, al-k:ɨ-n 'to stick to, adhere' < PL *ʔaƛ̣:e). Another probable Lezgian parallel is Arch. aƛa-s 'to put on (hand, finger)' < *ʔaƛ:V-, which could be a modification of original *ʔaƛ̣V- under the influence of another root, reflected in Arch. =ubƛa-s 'to put on (lower part of body)' < PEC *=ōmŁ_V q.v.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *š(:)iƛ̣- A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to put clothes (on the upper part of body)

Tsezi: šeƛ̣ʷ-

Khvarshi: šiƛ̣-

Inkhokvari: šiƛ̣-

Bezhta: ʎič̣- (Tlad.)

Gunzib: šiƛ̣-

Comments: PTsKh *šiƛ̣- (with secondary labialisation in Tsez.); PGB *šiƛ̣- (with a specific metathesis of the lateral feature in Bezht., cf. also Khosh. ʎič̣- id.). Historically *š(:)- is a preverb.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=Vƛ̣V́(ŋ)

Meaning: to wear; a k. of clothing

North Caucasian: *=Vƛ̣V

Sino-Tibetan: *lVŋ ( ~ ƛ-)

Yenisseian: *ʔalVŋ (~x-)

Burushaski: *w-él- / *b-él-

Comments and references : Somewhat differently in HGC 33, WFR 73 (compared with NC *HŁünV `hem (of a garment)'). Final *-ŋ in PST and PY may be an original deverbative suffix. Cf. FU *älV 'lap' (?)

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lVŋ ( ~ ƛ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: coat, skirt

Burmese: khjaŋh skirt (for a man).

Kachin: loŋ²-, pǝloŋ¹ a coat.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔalVŋ (~x-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: trousers

Ket: aĺeŋ^5,6, pl. aĺeń^5,6 (/aĺeɣin⁵)

Yug: alɨŋ^5,6, pl. alɨŋɨn⁵

Kottish: alaŋ

Comments: ССЕ 181. Werner 1, 30; etymology as plural < al' 'half', as well as various hypotheses of Turkic or Uralic origin quoted ibid., are highly dubious.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *w-él- / *b-él-

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: to put on (clothes)

Yasin: wél-

Hunza: bél- / -joól-

Nagar: bél- / -joól-

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