Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *barχon ( ~ -q-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bridle

Andian language: barχon

Chamalal: bāχã

Tindi: beχan

Botlikh: berχ:in

Comments: -χ:- in the Botlikh form is strange (probably a misspelling).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *rāχwV / *w-ārχwV ( ~ -q-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bridle

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *barχon ( ~ -q-)

Proto-Tsezian: *roχV ( ~ -ʁ:-)

Notes: An And-Tsez. isogloss. Judging from its structure, may be deverbal, but the original verbal root is unknown.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *roχV ( ~ -ʁ:-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bridle

Bezhta: joho

Gunzib: roʁo

Comments: PGB *roʁo (cf. also Bezht. Khosh. roʁo 'bridle', Tlad. roʁo 'horse-bit'). Av. Chad. roʁó 'horse-bit' has no literary or Andian parallels and is most probably borrowed from a Tsezian source.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *(H)rāqwV́

Meaning: cord, bridle

North Caucasian: *rāχwV / *w-ārχwV ( ~ -q-)

Sino-Tibetan: OC 勒 *rǝ̄k 'bridle'

Yenisseian: *ʔaq- (~x-)

Comments and references : Cf. *ʔŕV́xwV (with possible confusion).

Yenisseian etymology :

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