Protoform: *=V(r)qV / *ʔiq-
Meaning: 1 to lift, raise 2 to rise (of dough) 3 to rise
Avar: =orχ- 1, =aχn- 3
Chamalal: ʔiχ- 2, =aχ-id- 3
Comments: Cf. also Av. -órχa-ta- 'high, tall'. Here -r- is most probably a former aspective (durative) infix, and not a part of the root (it, however, prohibited the change *q > χ > h in Av.). -n-conjugation in Av. =aχn- is probably secondary. For the semantic change cf. Lak. laqa-n 'to rise; to rise, ferment (of dough)'. Both in Av. (=aχn-) and in Cham. (=aχ-id-) the root has also the meaning 'to cross, pass over'.
