Proto-North Caucasian: *c̣_VnVkĕ (~*ʒ-,-ĭ)
Meaning: wart
Notes: An expressive root; not very widely spread (within EC present only in Av.-And.-Tsez.) and liable to irregular changes. Nevertheless, the protoform can be more or less securely reconstructed. [For metathesized variants in WC cf. some similar EC forms: Gunz. ḳonč̣u 'tumour', Akhv. q̇:ʷač̣a 'abscess'; there is, however, hardly enough evidence to reconstruct a separate root].
