Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/pǝχ́ʷA

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

Etymology

Perhaps the original meaning was “woman, wife”, as testified by a few compounds, such as Abkhaz аԥҳәыс (apḥʷəs, “woman”) or Ubykh pχʲašʷ (“wife”).

Noun

*pǝχ́ʷA

daughter

Descendants

Proto-Circassian: *pχʷǝ (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza: *pǝħa
- Abkhaz: аԥҳа (apḥa)
- Abaza: пхӏа (pḥa)
Ubykh: ԥхьа (pxʲa)

References

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

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