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Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/ǵʷǝ

This Proto-Northwest Caucasian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Northwest Caucasian

Noun

*ǵʷǝ[1]

  1. heart

Descendants
  • Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza: *gʷǝ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Circassian: *gʷǝ (see there for further descendants)
  • Ubykh: гьы (gʲə)

References
  1. Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*jĕrḳwĭ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
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