Proto-North Caucasian: *kɨ̆rt(w)V̆
Meaning: enclosure
Notes: A cultural Wanderwort, present, beside Caucasian languages, in Osset. (kärt 'yard', most probably borrowed from Nakh; on Osset. kät see above), Fenno-Ugric (Khant. karta, Mans. karda 'door', Hung. kert 'enclosure' etc.), Kartvelian (Georg. dial. karta, Megr. karta 'enclosure for cattle'), IE *ghordh-. See Shagirov 1,128, Abayev 1, 586-587.
