Proto-North Caucasian: *jä̆lc̣_wV
Meaning: stick, branch; wedge, stake
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular (although n- in Av. is not quite clear; we would rather expect r-, as in Andian languages). Labialisation of *c̣w in word-final position was early lost in PN and PL, but has left clear traces in Av.-And.-Tsez.
