Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology : Query result

Proto-West-Caucasian: *tV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to be inside 2 to stand 3 to be

Abkhaz: -ta-/-t(ǝ)- 1

Abaza: -ta-/-t(ǝ)- 1

Adyghe: wǝ-š́ǝ-tǝ-n 2

Kabardian: śǝ-tǝ-n 2

Ubykh: t(ǝ)- 3

Comments: PAT *tV- 'to be inside' (also used as a preverb), cf. Abkh. a-tá-la-ra 'enter', Abaz. ta-l-ra id., ta-pa-ra 'jump inside' etc. The root is used also as a noun stem in *tV-ra 'place where' (Abkh. a-t-rá, Abaz. ta-ra ).

PAK *tǝ- (usually with preverbs) 'be, stay, stand'; also used as a preverb "upon the surface of smth.".

In Ub. the root -t(ǝ)- is used as a variant of tʷǝ- 'to be' in some forms (see Vogt 16, 194); historically these are two quite different roots (see PWC *ṕǝ-).