Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʔV̆́nsṭwǝ̄

Meaning: door

North Caucasian: *ʔŏnc̣_wǝ̄

Yenisseian: *ʔa(ʔ)t-

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ʔŏnc̣_wǝ̄

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door; window

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *hinc̣:u

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔãc(u)

Proto-Lak: nuz

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔunc:a

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔVnc̣ʷ(a)

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Lak. and PD reflect a form with delabialisation (*ʔŏnc̣_wǝ̄ > *ʔŭnc̣_ǝ̄); otherwise correspondences are regular.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *hinc̣:u

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door

Avar: nuc̣:á

Chadakolob: nuc̣á

Andian language: hinc̣:u

Akhvakh: ĩc̣:o

Chamalal: hĩṣʷ

Tindi: hinc:u

Karata: hinc̣:u

Botlikh: hinc̣:u

Bagvalal: hũc̣:

Godoberi: hinc:u

Comments: Av. paradigm B (nuc̣:í-l, nuc̣:-bí). Metathesis (nuc̣:a < *ʔunc̣:a) is regular in Avar.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ʔãc(u)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door

Tsezi: ac

Ginukh: ac / ʕac

Khvarshi: ac (Khaidakov)

Inkhokvari: ãc

Bezhta: ãc

Gunzib: ǝ̃cu

Comments: PTsKh *ʔãc (cf. also Tsez. (Imnaishvili) ac / ʕac); PGB *ʔãcu (not quite clear is ǝ̃ in Gunz.).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: nuz

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door (one-folded)

Lak form: nuz

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔunc:a

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door

Akusha: unza

Chiragh: unc:a

Comments: Cf. also Ur. unʒa, Kub. uc:a.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔVnc̣ʷ(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: window

Tabasaran: unč̣̌

Comment: Isolated in Tab., but having probable external parallels.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔa(ʔ)t-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door, part of the house before the door

Ket: attɔ^5,6 , pl. attɔ́n ( < attɔ:n³) 'part of the house before the door'

Yug: atnto⁵, pl. atnton⁵ 'part of the house before the door'

Kottish: athol, *athōl, pl. athōlaŋ, (Бол.) atol 'door'; Ass. átōl (М., Сл., Кл., Ф.), atūl (Кл.), atol (Срсл.) id.; Koib. atōl (Ф.) id.

Arin: éjt́ōl (М., Кл., Сл.1, Ф.), ejtol (Срсл.), éjtōl (Сл.2), ejt́ol (Ф.), itel (Лоск.) 'door'

Comments: ССЕ 179. Already in PY we have a compound of *ʔat- with a not quite clear second component (*-to or *-tol ~ *tor₁: cf. perhaps Ket. tōĺ "wattle fence"?). Similarity with Hung. ajtó 'door' (Хелимский КС 248), is probably coincidental (or represents an old "Hunnic" loanword in Hungarian). Werner 1, 80.

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