There is alternative etymological explanation for almost all of the Chuvash-Kurdish lexical parallels given here.
• bet “a bustard” větel “woodkock” - Chuvash вĕтел (vĕtel) is a loan from Mari language, ultimately from Veps vitlik. [Fedotov Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language, 1996]...
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