Proto-West-Caucasian: *ɣ́ǝ
Meaning: 1 swift 2 wind 3 air
Abkhaz: a-ʁ́ǝ́ 1
Adyghe: ž́ǝ 3
Kabardian: źǝ 2
Comments: PAK *ž́ǝ. Shagirov (1, 201) compares the Abkh. word (presupposing PAT *ɣ́ǝ) with -bʁa in Ad. ž́ǝ-bʁa 'wind', Kab. źǝ-bʁa 'strong wind'. However, PAK *ʁ can not correspond to PAT *ɣ́, while on the other hand PAK *ž́ corresponds well to PAT *ɣ́. Therefore (despite some semantic difficulties) we prefer to compare the first part of the Ad. compound with Abkh.
