Proto-North Caucasian: *mV̄čwV̄
Meaning: boot, shoe
Notes: A cultural term; if the PL form is really related to PA and PN (which is probable, despite metathesis), must be reconstructed for the PEC level. One can not exclude a possibility of PN borrowing from PA or vice versa - thus it can be, in fact, a Nakh-Lezg. or Aand-Lezg. isogloss.
The root is probably connected with the 'wandering' word: Osset. mes / mestäl, Turk. (Anat.) mest, Georg. mesṭi etc. (see Abayev 1973, 112).
