Proto-North Caucasian: *ćä̆dV̆ ( ~ č-)
Meaning: leather sack, bellows
Notes: The root is not very widely spread, but seems reliable both phonetically and semantically. In PL there occurred a usual assimilation (*č:at: < *čat:). For PNC we could also reconstruct *č- - if we would suppose that this assimilation occurred already in PEC (*čä̆dV > *ǯä̆dV): since the PTs form is reconstructed only on Gunz. and Bezht. evidence, it could contain either *š:- ( < PEC *ć-) or *ž- ( < PEC *ǯ-).
