Proto-North Caucasian: *ḳwărnV
Meaning: young (of an animal)
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The root contains a rare cluster of two resonants (it is not excluded that *-nV here is an old suffix). The uvular reflex in PTs (*q̇ʷ-) must be explained by PTs pharyngealization (although its source is not quite clear). All other correspondences are regular, and the root seems quite reliable.
If we assume that *-nV is a suffix here, the root *ḳwărV could be linked with another Av.-And. derivate, *ḳʷVr-tV 'young donkey' (Av. ḳert, Chad. ḳert, Cham. Gig. ḳorti, Bagv. Tlo. ḳortu; Av. > Arch. ḳeIrt, Bezht. ḳerṭ, Gunz. ḳert).
