Proto-North Caucasian: *swĂHV
Meaning: cold
Proto-West Caucasian: *sʷǝ Notes: Correspondences are regular, and the etymology seems reliable (despite its scarce representation in EC languages). Cf. perhaps also Lak. sil (Khosr. sil) (Lak. > Arch. sel) 'hoar-frost' ( < *sʷ-il < *swVH-il?).