Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wV̄č̣V̄

Meaning: vessel, (wine)skin

North Caucasian: *q̇weč̣V ( ~ -ć̣-)

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *q̇weč̣V ( ~ -ć̣-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wineskin, leathern sack

Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ɔč̣V- ( ~ -a-)

Proto-Lak: q̇ač̣a

Proto-Lezghian: *q̇ʷäč̣(Vj)

Proto-Khinalug: q̇alč̣eg

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. A cultural word, easily borrowed from one language into another; the listed forms, however, seem to be genuinely related.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ɔč̣V- ( ~ -a-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leather sack

Bezhta: q̇ač̣i-cco (Khosh.)

Comments: Cf. also Bezht. Tlad. q̇äjčö id. Attested only in Bezht. (with different suffixes in dialects), but having probable external parallels.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: q̇ač̣a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wineskin

Lak form: q̇ač̣a

Comments: Cf. Khosr. q̇ʷač̣a id. The Lak. form is a probable source of Av. q̇:ʷač̣á, Chad. q̇uč̣á id. (not genuinely related because of irregular correspondence) and Andian forms (borrowed from Av.): Akhv. q̇:ač̣a, Tind. q̇:ʷač̣a 'wineskin', Cham. (Leksika) q̇:oč̣e.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *q̇ʷäč̣(Vj)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: wineskin

Agul: ḳeč̣

Tsakhur: q̇oč̣e

Archi: q̇ʷač̣i

Comment: 3d class in Tsakh., 4th class in Arch. Initial velar in Ag. (cf. also Fit. ḳeč̣, Burk. with metathesis č̣eḳ) is irregular: it was perhaps influenced by another PL root, reflected in Ud. k:äž 'trough'.

Khinalug etymology :

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