Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦemƛ̣Ă
Meaning: dream
Notes: An interesting common NC root (sometimes contaminating with *nhewƛ̣_ŭ 'sleep, dream' q.v., but surely different, because reflexes of these two stems are opposed in many languages). PWC has a frequent labial prefix. The original meaning (preserved in many languages) is "dream, slumber"; Andian languages demonstrate a non-trivial semantic development "dream" > *"vision" > "cloud". Phonetically the Andian forms fit in very well, and the word has no other etymology, thus it seems worth to accept such a semantic change.
