Proto-North Caucasian: *HdŭrV̄
Meaning: plot of land; yard, enclosure
Notes: The original meaning in PEC was probably 'enclosure, yard' (for the semantics in Khin. cf. cases like Russ. дверь 'door' - двор 'yard' etc.). It is interesting to note a probable HU parallel: Hurr. ardǝ 'town', Ur. ardi-nǝ 'the Town' (name of Muṣaṣir, the capital of Urartu), with the root structure reflex similar to PN (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 26). {It is also interesting to note Georg. χvedr- 'share, plot of arable land', perhaps reflecting an early PN form like *ɦudr- or *ɦwVdr-.}
