Protoform: *ʔančV
Meaning: 1 a flat round stone 2 stone
Avar: horčó 1
Tindi: anču 1
Karata: anča 2
Godoberi: anča 2
Comments: Av. paradigm B (harčí-l, harčá-l). Cf. also Kar. Tok. ʕanča 'stone'. An old verbal derivate may be PA *čan- ( ~ -o-) 'to plane, hew' ( = 'make smth. look as a flat stone') > Cham. šan- (Gig. čan-), Tind. čan- (also with reduplication Cham. šanšʷ-).
