Proto-North Caucasian: *Hărq̇wa (~-e)
Meaning: face; eyebrow
Notes: Semantically and phonetically the comparison is fine, but since the root is reflected only in three languages the reconstruction is dubious. The initial lateral in the PA (Akhv.) form - if it belongs here - must be a remnant of the root for "eye" (PEC *ʡwilʡi q.v.) - cf. the same element in PA *ƛ̣-ins:Vr 'eyebrow' (see under *mĕrs_A). The medial resonant *-r- must be reconstructed because of preservation of *q̇ʷ in PA; unfortunately, in all of the three languages present (Akhv., Bezht. and Tsakh.) medial -r- disappears in such clusters.
