Proto-North Caucasian: *dwŏnḳV̆
Meaning: pit
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. One of several expressive roots with the structure TVNKV / KVNTV meaning 'hole, pit'. Cf. also Osset. tugur 'attic, loft, ceiling' (of Caucasian origin, see Abayev 1979, 313).