Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *c̣ʷA

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: liver

Abkhaz: a-gʷa-č̣̌á

Abaza: č̣ʷa

Adyghe: ṣ́ʷǝ

Ubykh: ǵǝ-cʷá-bIa

Comments: PAT *c̣ʷa (in Abkh. - a compound with *gʷǝ 'heart'). Ad. < PAK *c̣ʷǝ. Ub. also has a compound with ǵǝ 'heart' (cf. Abkh.) + bIa 'grey'. Note the loss of glottalization in Ub. (a misspelling of Vogt?); the normal glottalized form of the root appears in c̣ʷa-cá 'gall' (-ca is probably 'burning, bitter').

    See Shagirov 1977, 2, 83.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *wĕmc̣Ŭ (~-ŏ-)

Meaning: liver, spleen

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *mVc̣V

Proto-Tsezian: *bɔc̣ǝ A

Proto-West Caucasian: *c̣ʷA

Notes: Correspondences are quite regular.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *mVc̣V

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: liver

Chadakolob: mac̣

Comments: A dialectal Av. word, but with good external parallels.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *bɔc̣ǝ A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 spleen 2 liver

Tsezi: boc̣-ḳori 1

Bezhta: bac̣o 1

Gunzib: bɔc̣ǝ 2

Comments: PGB *bɔc̣ǝ. The Tsez. form is a compound with an unclear second component (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. bac̣-kil 'spleen' demonstrating the same compound).

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