Proto-North Caucasian: *Hć̣_Vrē / *HrVć̣_ē
Meaning: clearing, uncultivated land
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The vocalism is hard to establish (too few data). The PN and PL forms point to a root structure *HCVRV̄; however, the PA form reflects rather a metathesized structure *HRVCV̄. Cf. also Urart. c̣ir-ab- 'empty, uninhabited' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 44).
