Protoform: *kʷo-χ:ol (~-al)
Meaning: 1 sleeve 2 mitten
Avar: kʷérdaχ:elal 2
Akhvakh: kʷãχ:e 1
Tindi: kʷaχ:al 1
Comments: All languages have a compound with *kʷo- (Av. kʷer-) 'hand'. The meaning 'mittens' in Av. (where -al is a plural suffix) is the result of contamination of two Av.-And. forms: cf. PA *kʷo-χa (~-o) 'mitten', reflected in Tind. kʷaha, God. kʷaχa. In Cham. both forms have also merged and kʷaχa (Gig. koχa) now means both 'sleeve' and 'mitten'.
