Proto-North Caucasian: *=HiǯĂ[m]
Meaning: to twist, bend, wind
Notes: The root obstruent and the vowels in all languages correspond well to each other, but the status of the final nasal is not quite clear (both Av.-And. and Lezgian languages reveal variation between -n and -0-conjugation). Initial laryngeal is suggested by the HU parallel: Hurr. χiz-lV- 'to roll up' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 43).
