Proto-North Caucasian: *ʔɨ̄rcV
Meaning: stick, wood
Notes: The comparison seems rather probable. We should note, however, that the PWC form can equally well correspond to PEC *ħwäls_ǝ̆ 'wood, stick' (q.v.), with which we compared PWC *pǝsV 'fir-tree' (in fact, such a comparison was made by Abdokov 1983, 132) - and vice versa. This is conditioned by the merger of *c and *s in PWC, as well as the loss of resonants and laryngeals. Therefore, the final etymological solution is yet to be done.
