Proto-West-Caucasian: *χa
Meaning: 1 to weave 2 to knit
Abkhaz: a-ħa-rá 1
Abaza: -ħa-ra 1
Adyghe: χa-n 2
Kabardian: χa-n 2
Ubykh: χa- 2
Comments: PAT *ħa (in Abaz. the root is used only with preverbs); PAK *χa- (also *χǝ- > Ad., Kab. χǝ-n id.); Ub. a-s-χá-n. See Mészáros 1934, 384, Shagirov 2, 109; the alternative comparison of PAK *χǝ- with PAT *xaxa- 'to spin' is unacceptable for phonetic reasons.
