Proto-North Caucasian: *χV̆c̣V ( ~ x-)
Meaning: to hear
Notes: The PN root has (as far as we know) no parallels in Dagestan languages, but has good correspondences in Hurro-Urartian: PHU *χas- (Hurr. χaž-, Ur. χaš-) "hear". See Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 46.