Proto-North Caucasian: *GHɨ̆rƛ̣_wV
Meaning: sack; pillow
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. A complicated case, because of active segmental phonetic interaction. In Proto-Av.-And. we must suppose an early dissimilatory deglottalisation -ƛ̣- > -ƛ-. The PL form is a metathesis: *q:Iurt:iƛ̣:an < *q:Iurƛ̣Vn-t:V, probably reflecting an original suffixed (plural?) form exactly corresponding to Av. q̇:andáʎo < *q̇:VƛVn-dV. The final part *-cV in the PTs form is unclear (is it also a development of *-dV in the cluster *-ƛd- > *-ƛc-??). Despite these difficulties, the EC etymology seems to us rather probable.
