Avar-Andian etymology : Query result

Protoform: *=aṭʷ- ( ~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to cut, cut out 2 to chisel out, to dig out

Avar: ƛ:-uṭ- 1

Chadakolob: ƛ-uṭ- 1

Chamalal: =eʎ-uṭ- 1

Tindi: =eƛ:uṭ-1,=aṭʷ-2

Comments: Cf. perhaps also Cham. Gig. =aṭ-ah- 'to break off'. Most languages reflect a compound with some unclear first component. Since in other languages (Udi, PGB) the same root is used for 'to chop, cut' and 'to throw', it seems possible to relate here also Av. ṭam- 'to strew, scatter; drive, let', PA *ṭʷVn- > And. ṭam-, Akhv. ṭon- (Tlan. ṭajn-, Ratl. ṭam-) 'to throw, scatter', Tind., Cham. ṭan-, Kar. ṭam- id. (although reasons for -n-conjugation are not clear). An Andian source is probable for Bezht. Tlad., Khosh. ʎuṭ- 'to cut out'.