Proto-North Caucasian: *ʡējʒ́wē
Meaning: goat, she-goat
Notes: The comparison seems quite plausible both phonetically and semantically. Medial *-j- is postulated to account for the development *-ʒ́- > *-st- in PN, while *-w- is reflected as *-b- in PN and as labialisation in PWC.
