Proto-West-Caucasian: *ḳǝ ( ~ *ḳ́-)
Meaning: 1 to forge 2 smithy
Adyghe: č̣́ǝš́ǝ 2
Kabardian: č̣ǝś 2
Ubykh: ḳ́ǝ- 1
Comments: PAK *ḳǝ-š́ǝ́ ( = Ub. ḳ́ǝ-ś 'smithy'); Ub. a-ḳ́ǝ́-n, a-sǝ-ḳ́ǝ́-n. In PAK the root is reflected also in *dǝśa-ḳǝ (Kab. dǝśač̣) 'goldsmith'. See Shagirov 2, 135 (with literature).