Proto-North Caucasian: *ʔwɨ-(rV)
Meaning: front, in front
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. We must note that the morphemes *ʔwɨ- and *c_wi, both meaning 'in front', are in complementary distribution in EC: the former is reflected in PN, PTs and PL, and the latter - in PA and PD.