Proto-North Caucasian: *q_ĕrVq̇wV
Meaning: coat, coat of mail
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Except for occasional assimilations (usual in a root with two stops), correspondences are regular. Cf. also HU: Hurr. karkar-ni, Ur. qarqara- 'armour' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 58). It is interesting to note the recurring meaning 'coat of mail, armour' (in Nakh, HU, Lezg.): it shows that the root may have designated some piece of armour or warrior's garment in PEC.
