Proto-North Caucasian: *s_ēħmV / *ħēms_V
Meaning: muscle, vein; intestine
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Except for the metathesis, correspondences are quite regular. Cf. also HU: Urart. u/ošm-ašǝ 'force, strength' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 23).