Protoform: *q̇:(ʷ)ič̣:i / č̣:iq̇:(ʷ)i
Meaning: 1 spleen 2 small intestine
Avar: q̇:eč̣: 1
Chadakolob: q̇:ec̣ 1
Andian language: q̇:eč̣: (Khaidakov) 1
Akhvakh: čeq̇:i 1
Chamalal: bošun-č̣iq̇: 1
Tindi: č̣iq̇:i 1
Karata: q̇:erč̣:e 1
Godoberi: č:ak:ʷa 2
Comments: Av. paradigm C (q̇:oč̣ó-l, q̇:úč̣-dul; Chad. q̇:oc̣ó-l, q̇:úc̣-dul). Labialisation is suggestedby the archaic God. form (č:ak:ʷa < *č̣:Vḳ:ʷV < *č̣:Vq̇:ʷV with a regular shift *-q̇:ʷ- > -ḳ:ʷ- in PA), as well as by the correspondence PA *-i- : Av. -e- (usual after originally labialised consonants). However, most languages have lost the labialisation, and already in PA wehave no reason to reconstruct it; moreover, the God. form may just have been influenced by another PA root, *c̣:iḳ:ʷa 'small intestine' q.v. (with which it has obviously contaminated, at least semantically). Kar. -r- is probably secondary (no other languages have any trace of it).
In general, this is a very hard case for reconstruction, because of contaminations (with PA *c̣:iḳ:ʷa), metatheses and dissimilations (in Akhv., Tind. and Cham.), usual for this root structure.
