Lak etymology :

Lak root: harč:ala

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cuff; trouser's leg

Lak form: harč:ala

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *χwĭlŁ_V (~ -ă-,-ɨ̆-,-ā-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of clothes

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁɨƛu A

Proto-Lak: harč:ala

Proto-Lezghian: *χIVƛ̣:V-l(:a)

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Although not very widely represented, the etymology seems phonetically and semantically reliable.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʁɨƛu A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: trousers, breeches

Tsezi: ʁeƛu

Ginukh: ʁeƛu

Khvarshi: ʁeƛu

Inkhokvari: ʁɨƛu

Bezhta: χiƛo

Gunzib: χɨƛu

Comments: PTsKh *ʁɨƛu; PGB *χɨƛu.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *χIVƛ̣:V-l(:a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fur coat, sheepskin coat

Agul: X̀ak:ul

Comment: Cf. also Ag. Burk. X̀ak:ul id. Attested only in Ag. (thus the vocalic reconstruction is uncertain), but having probable external parallels.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *χwĭlŁ_V

Meaning: cloth

North Caucasian: *χwĭlŁ_V (~ -ă-,-ɨ̆-,-ā-)

Basque: *oi=hal

Comments and references : BCD 23.

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *oi=hal

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cloth, fabric

Bizkaian: oial

Gipuzkoan: oial

High Navarrese: oial

Low Navarrese: oihal

Lapurdian: oihal

Zuberoan: óihal

Roncalese: oxal

Comments: Cf. PNC *χw[a]lŁ_V 'a k. of clothing'. There are other Bsq meanings, such as (B, G) oial 'scarf, shawl (for children)', etc. *oi= seems to be a peculiar form of the fossilized prefix *o=/*u=, occurring only before /h/ (cf. *oi=han).

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