Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ʁʷorč̣o (~ a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: deer

Tindi: ʁʷarč̣a

Bagvalal: ʁʷarč̣a

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ʁHwōr[č̣]o (~ -ć̣-,-ǝ)

Meaning: deer, game

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ʁʷorč̣o (~ a)

Proto-Lezghian: *ʁIorč

Proto-Khinalug: ʁäč

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The PA and PL/Khin. forms are obviously related, although reasons for variation between č̣ and č are not clear.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʁIorč

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 hunting, game 2 mountain goat

Lezghian: ʁürč 1

Tabasaran: χIurč 1

Agul: ʁIurč 1

Rutul: ʁIɨrč 2

Comment: Obl. base *ʁIorča- (cf. Lezg. ʁürče-, Ag. ʁIurča-, Rut. ʁIɨrčä-). 3d class in Rut. Voiceless χI- in Tab. is a result of assimilation.

    See Магометов 1966, 341.

Khinalug etymology :

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