Proto-North Caucasian: *muč̣Ŭ / *č̣umŬ
Meaning: stick
Notes: Phonetically - except for the usual metathesis - the correspondence is quite plausible; the root is accompanied by suffixes (*-ɫV, -*rV or both) in PTs, Lak. and PD (PD *murč̣ is a development of *muč̣(V)-rV, just like murs: q.v. < *mus:V-rV). The original meaning must have been 'stick, wood' (preserved in most languages), with a development > 'leg' in PTs (cf., characteristically, both meanings at once in Bezht.), and, further, 'leg(s)' > 'groin' in Lak.
