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Proto-North Caucasian: *c̣_wämʔV̆ / *ʔār-c̣_wämʔV̆
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: eagle
Proto-Nakh: *ʔārc̣iw
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *c̣:umʔi (~*c̣:ʷi-)
Proto-Tsezian: *cũhV B
Proto-Lak: barzu
Proto-Dargwa: *ʕarč̣imi (~*H-)
Proto-Lezghian: *marc̣
Proto-Khinalug: c̣imir
Notes: The root is attested also in HU: Ur. arc̣ib/wǝ 'name of a horse = Eagle' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 45).

    There is little doubt that all the listed forms belong together, although there are some problems. Not quite clear is the status of the prefixed syllable *ʔār-, attested in PN, HU, Lak., PD and PL. It should be noted that the Lak., PD (and possibly PL > Ag) forms reflect a variant with metathesized labialisation (*ʔār-c̣_wämʔV̆ > *ʔwār-c̣_ämʔV̆ ); in PL additionally the nasalisation was also shifted to the initial position. Quite irregular (and as yet unexplained) is -č̣- (instead of expected -c̣-) in PD (Chir.); however, there is no reason to suspect a borrowing. We should note also an interesting form: Cham. ercim 'kite'; since it is quite isolated within Av.-And., it must be an old Nakh borrowing (before the denasalisation *-mʔ- > -w-).

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