Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʎwVnV

Meaning: to plait, wind

North Caucasian: *=VʎwE(n) ( ~ -ʎ_-)

Sino-Tibetan: *lăm (~ƛ-)

Basque: *bilhur̄ < *b-ilhu-r̄

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *=VʎwE(n) ( ~ -ʎ_-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to bind, knit, plait

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *=oxʷVn-

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔiʎ(:)ʷV

Proto-West Caucasian: *ʎ́ʷǝ

Notes: The root is widely represented in WC, but preserved only in Av.-And. among the EC branches. Still, the phonetic and semantic correspondence is exact, and the NC antiquity of the root is quite probable.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *=oxʷVn-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to bind, tie 2 to knit, plait

Avar: =uxn- 1

Chadakolob: =uxn- 1

Andian language: =ošin- 1

Karata: =exux- 2

Comments: Cf. also a reduplicated stem in Av. xuxn- (Chad. xux-) 'to knit, plait' ( = Kar. =exux-). It is interesting to note Cham. =aʎiʎa-d- 'to knit, plait' which probably reflects an early variant of the same stem with delabialisation (and, accordingly, preservation of the lateral *ʎ).

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔiʎ(:)ʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to sew

Tsakhur: i=xʷa-

Comment: Attested only in Tsakh., but having possible external parallels.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʎ́ʷǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to plait

Abkhaz: á-š:-ra

Abaza: š:-ra

Adyghe: fǝ-n

Kabardian: xʷǝ-n

Ubykh: šʷǝ-

Comments: PAT *š:ǝ (with expressive gemination); PAK *xʷǝ; Ub. a-s-šʷǝ́-n. See Klimov 1967, 303; Shagirov 2, 109.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lăm (~ƛ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spin, wind

Kachin: (H) khjam to wind, as yarn on a shuttle.

Lushai: lam to spin a top.

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *b=iɫhur̄

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 a binding or knot, made with branches or twigs 2 twist(ing), strap, binding 3 tangle of cords

Bizkaian: (Arratia, Orozko) bidur 2

High Navarrese: bidur 3

Low Navarrese: bilhur, billur 1

Lapurdian: billur 1

Baztanese: billur 1

Zuberoan: bǘllhür 1

Roncalese: bulur 1

Comments: Matches well with PNC *=VʎwE-, with a fossilized class prefix *b= and fossilized plural suffix *-r̄.

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