North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ḳǖčwɨ̆ ( ~ -ǝ̆,-ă)

Meaning: a k. of clothes

Proto-Nakh: *kōč

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ḳačV ( ~ -o-)

Proto-Tsezian: *ḳala-ḳač ( ~ -r-)

Proto-West Caucasian: *ḳ́ač̣ʷǝ

Notes: A cultural root (meaning some kind of clothes for the upper body part); despite its cultural character, correspondences are regular (except for some usual assimilations) and the PNC reconstruction seems quite satisfactory.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *kōč

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: shirt

Chechen: koč

Ingush: koč

Comments: Obl. base *kōču-, cf. Chech. kūča-, Ing. kočo. 4th class in both languages.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ḳačV ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 sheepskin coat 2 shirt

Avar: ḳač 1

Chadakolob: ḳač 1

Akhvakh: ḳači 1

Chamalal: ḳač 2 (Gad.)

Karata: ḳača 1

Comments: Av. Chad. paradigm C (ḳičí-l, ḳáča-l). Cham. (U.-Gakv.) ḳač and Tind. ḳači 'shirt' must be borrowed from some other Andian dialects (regularly we would expect ḳaš in Cham. and ḳ́ači in Tind.).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ḳala-ḳač ( ~ -r-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: long-sleeved sheepskin coat

Tsezi: ḳalaḳač

Ginukh: ḳalḳač

Khvarshi: qalaḳač (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: ḳalaḳač

Comments: PTsKh *ḳaRa-ḳač (/q-) (a compound with an unclear first component).

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ḳ́ač̣ʷǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 shirt 2 quilted jacket 3 ancient women's dress

Abkhaz: a-ḳ́ač̣ 1

Adyghe: č̣́ač̣́ǝ 3

Kabardian: č̣aṣ́ 2

Comments: PAK *ḳ́ač̣́ǝ́. The formal coincidence of the root with PWC *ḳ́ač̣ʷǝ 'short' is probably fortuitous (cf. the external data). Despite Shagirov 2, 134 the Abkh. form is not a loan from Adygh (the meaning is different, and in the case of borrowing we would expect Abkh. č̣́, not č̣).

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