Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *č̣u(l)χV ( ~ -q-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: haze, dry fog; (adv.) hot, burning

Avar: č̣ulχ / č̣uχ

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ć̣ɨ̆lχwV

Meaning: looming, haze; fumes

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *č̣u(l)χV ( ~ -q-)

Proto-Lak: č̣ah

Proto-Dargwa: *c̣Vχʷ-

Proto-Lezghian: *č̣uχ(a) ( ~ -o-)

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: č̣ah

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: breeze

Lak form: č̣ah

Comments: Cf. also č̣aʔiIn 'haze' (although -ʔ- is unclear) - perhaps some old dialectal variant with an *-n-suffix.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *c̣Vχʷ-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fumes

Akusha: c̣uχ-la gaIʕ

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *č̣uχ(a) ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: something burnt, burning

Lezghian: č̣uχ

Tabasaran: č̣uχ

Comment: Both in Lezg. and in Tab. the stem is mostly used in a compound verb meaning 'to burn' (Lezg. č̣uχ awun, Tab. č̣uχ aṗuz).

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