Protoform: *kʷo-
Meaning: 1 hand 2 in the hands 3 sleeve 4 mitten 5 handle
Avar: kʷer 1
Chadakolob: kʷer 1
Andian language: kʷo 5
Akhvakh: kʷa-ʎala 4
Chamalal: kʷa-di 2
Tindi: kʷa-ji 2
Botlikh: kʷa-du 2
Godoberi: kʷa-χa 3
Comments: Avar. paradigm A (kʷér-zul, kʷéra-l; Chad. kʷér-dul, kʷéra-l). Outside Avar the pure root has been preserved only in Andian (kʷo 'handle'); all other languages reflect an original locative form *kʷo-dV "in the hand(s)" ( = Av. ko-dó-b), as well as the compounds *kʷo-χ:al (cf. also Tind. kʷaχ:al "sleeve", Cham. kʷaχa id.) and *kʷo-ʎala (cf. also God. kʷaʎala "sleeve", And. kʷo-ʎir 'mitten'.). The form *kʷor- (with the original liquid) is preserved in the common Andian compound *kʷor-q̇:in 'bracelet' (And. kʷorq̇:in, Akhv. kʷãq̇:e, Cham. kʷaq̇:ĩ, Gig. koq̇:in, Tind. kʷaq̇:an); cf. also *kʷor-xVn 'bracelet' reflected in Av. kúrxen (Chad. with assimilation xúrxin). From Avar the latter word was borrowed in And. kurxen, Akhv. x:ux:i, Botl., Kar. kʷarxin, and, probably, Lak. kuIrš:an ( < *kuIrx:an) 'ring'. The second components in *kʷor-q̇:in and *kʷor-xVn are not yet clear.
