Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology : Query result

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ǯ́ǝ (/*č́ǝ)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: salt

Abkhaz: a-ǯ́ǝ́ḳa

Abaza: ǯ́ḳa

Adyghe: š́ǝʁw

Kabardian: šǝʁw

Ubykh: ǯ́ǝ

Comments: PAT *ǯ́ǝ-ḳa (with a not quite clear second component: is it the singulative marker *-ḳǝ - *ǯ́ǝ-ḳa < *ǯ́ǝ-ḳǝ 'a grain of salt' ?). PAK *č́ǝ-ʁʷǝ́ (Shagirov 2, 142 must be right in equating the second component with *ʁʷǝ- 'dry, get dry'). It is not quite clear why the affricate in PAK had become unvoiced (perhaps a secondary dissimilation).