Proto-North Caucasian: *ʔwōngū ( ~ -l-)
Meaning: spindle, part of a spindle
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The Proto-Av.-And. form reflects an early nasalisation: *mingʷa < *bingʷa < *bilgʷa (where b- is a regular reflex of the PEC labialised *ʔw-).