Proto-West-Caucasian: *dǝwa
Meaning: leech
Adyghe: dǝwa
Kabardian: psǝ-dǝwa
Ubykh: dǝwá
Comments: PAK *dǝwá. Shagirov's etymology (*dǝ 'vein' /see *t:a, not attested in AK; we would rather expect PAK *t:a/ + *wa 'to beat'; see Shagirov 1, 157) seems hardly plausible. Therefore, the Ub. word may be regarded as genetically related to PAK *dǝwá (there are no phonetic contradictions for postulating a common WC sourceform).
