Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *čVwV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 in, inside 2 belly

Chechen: čō 2, čȫ 1

Ingush: čē 2

Batsbi: čuw 1

Comments: The pure root is observed in Chech., Ing., Bacb. ču "in, inside". Other forms are derivates: cf. Chech. čō "belly", čȫ "inside" ( = Khild. čʷjē, Ing. čē), Ing. čuʔa 'inside (n.)', Bacb. čuw "inside, intestines", čuwa "own house, dwelling". Cf. also a further derivate *čVwe-r- > Chech. pl. čǖr-aš 'intestines', Ing. čur-aš 'offal'.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *čĂrHV (~-l-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: stomach, abomasum

Proto-Nakh: *čVwV

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *rVčV-l

Proto-West Caucasian: *ča

Notes: The comparison seems quite plausible both phonetically and semantically; however, since the root is known only in a few EC languages, (PN and And. with metathesis), the reconstruction remains somewhat uncertain.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *rVčV-l

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: intestine

Andian language: ručol

Comments: Isolated in And., with possible external parallels.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ča

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: abomasum, rennet

Abkhaz: á-ca

Abaza: cara

Comments: PAT *ća, *ća-ra (cf. also Bzyb. á-ćar, á-ćǝr id.); PAT *ć may go back to *č or *ć.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *rHăčV

Meaning: stomach, kidney

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *čĂrHV (~ *rHăčV)

Burushaski: *-rić

Basque: *ɦerce / *ɦeśte

Comments and references : VCQ 6 (Basq-Av.).

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *-rić

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: 1 kidney 2 testicle

Yasin: -́rić 1

Hunza: irínć 2

Nagar: irínć 2

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *ɦerce / *ɦeśte

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: intestine

Bizkaian: este

Gipuzkoan: este

High Navarrese: este, ertze

Low Navarrese: hertze, herze

Salazarese: erze

Lapurdian: hertze, erze

Baztanese: ertze, erze

Zuberoan: ertse, érxe

Roncalese: ertze, erze, érxe

Comments: There is dialectal variation of -rc- / -śt-, as in *borc / *bośt 'five' (q.v.), *ɦorci / *ɦośti ‘sky, storm’ (q.v.), and some other words. This appears to be an old morphological alternation, later formalized as dialectal. Leizarraga (16 c.) recorded {halsarrak} 'entrañas', which appears to be another permutation of this root (i.e., halśar̄, dissimilated < *ɦerśa-r̄).

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : RVCV

Meaning : stomach, intestine

Sino-Caucasian : *rHăčV

Austric : PAA *ruoc 'intestine'

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