Proto-North Caucasian: *ħG_unu ( ~ -ɨ)
Meaning: cover; bridge
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The meanings 'bridge' and 'roof, cover' overlap several times in EC languages, thus the Khinalug word meaning 'lid, cover' is a 'bridge' between PL 'bridge' and PA 'eye-lid' ( < *'cover'). Nevertheless, the etymology is still not very reliable - first of all because within Andian the word is attested only in Akhvakh.
The reconstructed form *ħG_unu is rather close phonetically to PNC *Hǝ̆G_wĔ(n)- 'to cover, close' (q.v.). We may either assume an old (PEC) derivation, or a secondary influence of the verbal root.
