Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦǝ̄ć̣Ĕ
Meaning: hollow, empty
Notes: The EC-WC comparison see Балкаров 1964, 100, Шагиров 1977, 282, Абдоков 1983, 143. The original stem was probably nominal ('a hollow, hole', cf. the situation in PL), but in most languages the stem became adjectival (more rarely, verbal) and obtained class prefixes. The class prefixes in this case replaced the initial laryngeal which is not reflected anywhere except PL.
