Proto-North Caucasian: *wɨ̆ɦwV
Meaning: sheep, lamb; young of animals
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Obviously an expressive (onomatopoeic) root. It must have originally referred to young horned animals (mostly sheep or goats), but in some languages has come to mean 'ram' or 'sheep' in general. The darg. form (reflected only in the Kait. dialect) has an irregular m- - which is not surprising in a root of this kind.
