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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *Hxǝ̄mV̆
Meaning: leather strip, rope, string
Proto-West Caucasian: *xa Notes: Correspondences are regular; a typical case of the HCVCV̆ structure.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-lak,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *m(ɦ)ēχV (~-ʕ-,-ā-)
Meaning: leather strip to be cut in threads; harness thread
Chechen: mēχa
Comments: Attested only in Chech., but having probable external parallels.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ʔinʎo (~-ƛ-)
Meaning: 1 broad leather strip 2 leather rope
Andian language: iʎo-b 1
Chamalal: ĩʎa 1
Tindi: iʎa 2
Karata: iʎa-bo 2 (L-Enkh.)
Comments: In Cham. the root means 'leather rope for fastening hay' (cf. also Cham. Gig. iʎa-b 'leather rope'); in Tind. - 'leather rope for donkey-tethering'.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-and,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-krt,aandet-comment,
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ʔõʎ B (~-ʎ:)
Meaning: 1 leather rope 2 leather strip
Tsezi: oʎ (Radzhibov)
Khvarshi: ĩʎ (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: ẽʎ 2
Bezhta: ö̃ʎ 1
Comments: PTsKh *ʔö̃ʎ.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-bzt,cezet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: xumū
Meaning: rope, string
Lak form: xumū
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *xa
Meaning: 1 thread (in spindle,skein) 2 scrap of thread; fibre
Abkhaz: a-χá 1
Abaza: χa-c 2
Comments: Cf. also Abkh. Bzyb. a-xá. In Abaz. - a compound with the singulative stem -c(ǝ).
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-comment,
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