Proto-North Caucasian: *bɨč̣ĭ (~-ĕ)
Meaning: spot, rash
Notes: A Lezg.-WC isogloss - but seems reliable both phonetically and semantically (same meanings and semantic development in both subgroups). It is interesting to compare this root to PK *č̣iṗ- 'navel' (note that its descendant, Megr. č̣aṗan "navel", was borrowed in Abkh. as a-č̣́aṗán). The comparison of PK *č̣iṗ- with PEC *ʒ_ŏnʔŭ 'navel', proposed by Klimov (1965 255), is obviously untenable.
