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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦV̄xwV ( ~ -x_-)
Meaning: half
Notes: A Nakh-Avar isogloss. Trubetzkoy (1930, 278) compares PAK *ʡǝħa 'part', but this is phonetically quite irregular, and Shagirov's (2, 162) inner-Adygh analysis seems preferable.
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *ʔāχ
Meaning: half
Chechen: aχ
Ingush: aχ
Batsbi: aχ
Comments: Obl. base *ʔāχe-nV- (Chech. ēχana-, Ing. aχane). In Chech. cf. also a diminutive ēχig 'small half'.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *HVxʷV-
Meaning: joint, combined
Avar: ʕaxála=
Comments: Av. > Arch. ʕaʎ:al- 'joint, common'. The Avar adjective is derived from a noun *ʕaxal 'half' (ʕaxála= 'combining two halves' > 'joint, combined'); cf. dial. (Andal.) ħexel 'half', and loanwords in Andian languages: Botl. axal / ʕaxal, And. (Tserts.) axal 'half'.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-comment,
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