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Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/sa

This Proto-Northwest Caucasian entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-North Caucasian *zō. Compare: Proto-Nakh *sō, Proto-Lezghian *zo-n and Khinalug зы (zɨ).

Pronoun

*sa [1]

  1. I

Descendants
  • Abkhaz-Abaza: *sará
  • Circassian: *sa
    • Adyghe: са (sā)
    • Kabardian: са (sā)
  • Ubykh: səʁʷá

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