Proto-North Caucasian: *=Vč̣wV
Meaning: good; fresh, new
Notes: The root is widely spread in WC, but within EC has only a Lak. counterpart, thus the WC antiquity is questionable. Cf. perhaps also Akhv. Tlan. č̣iq̇a-b, Tseg. č̣iʔa-b 'good' (if -q̇a- here can be analysed as a historical suffix).
