Proto-North Caucasian: *ʡīlχU (~-ǟ-,-ɨ̄-)
Meaning: sheep, lamb
Notes: Quality of the initial laryngeal is reconstructed tentatively (PN and PA do not provide the best evidence). *-l- (and not *-n-) is reconstructed on PA evidence ( - in case of the nasal *-n- we would expect strong *-χ:- in PA). The comparison seems to be reliable both phonetically and semantically.
