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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ʁwōnV
Meaning: tree
Proto-Nakh: *ʁānV
Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝn
Proto-West Caucasian: *ʁʷǝnǝ
Notes: The comparison seems plausible both phonetically and semantically (although the root is not very widely represented). See Abdokov 1983, 106 (Tsez. : Ub.; other EC forms cited by Abdokov, do not belong here).
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-cez,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *ʁānV
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: elm-tree
Ingush: ʁän
Comments: PN length can be established by the Ing. -ä- (which in this position can only go back to *ā).
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,

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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *ʁ:ʷǝn
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 tree 2 forest 3 bush
Tsezi: ʁun 1,3
Khvarshi: ʁwan 1
Inkhokvari: ʁon 1
Bezhta: wan 2
Gunzib: hɔn 2
Comments: PTsKh *ʁʷǝn (cf. also Tsez. Asakh. ʁʷin); PGB *hɔn / *wɔn (the Gunz. word also means 'board').
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-cez,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,

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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʁʷǝnǝ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: tree
Ubykh: ʁʷǝnǝ́
Comments: Isolated in Ub. with the only possible parallels in EC (despite Dumézil 1932,124 the root has nothing to do with PAK *wǝna, PAT *ʕʷǝnǝ 'house').
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,

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