Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *(x)qHǟ́ćwa (~ -e) ?
Meaning: skin; cloth(es)
Comments and references : Cf. also *xgwĕrdwV̄, as well as PY *qad- (~ χ-,-ʒ-) 'wool', PNC cf. also *GĕlćwV 'skin' and *ḳǖčwɨ̆ ( ~ -ǝ̆,-ă) 'clothes'; Bur. Hun., Nag. qherc `wertlose äußere Schicht' - a very complicated picture.