Proto-North Caucasian: *=V̆ḳVl ( ~ *=V̆lḳVn)
Meaning: to bend
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Because of Ablaut it is hard to reconstruct the root vocalism. One ca also reconstruct the derivate *w-V̆lḳVnV 'corner, angle'(PN *noḳ, PA *bi(r)ḳʷin). A trace of this root in Lezghian may be Rut. q̇Iu=ḳa- 'to bend' (with an expressive prefix?).
