Proto-West-Caucasian: *rV[š́ʷ]Vnǝ
Meaning: silver
Abkhaz: a-raʒnǝ́
Abaza: rǝzna
Adyghe: tǝž́ǝnǝ
Kabardian: dǝźǝn
Ubykh: dašʷanǝ́
Comments: PAT *raʒ́ǝnǝ (cf. also Bzyb. a-rǝʒ́nǝ́); PAK *t:ǝž́ǝnǝ́. The correspondence PAT *ʒ́ : PAK *ž́ : Ub. šʷ is quite irregular. It is possible that the original form *rVš́ʷVnǝ (regularly preserved in Ub. as dašʷanǝ́) was modified in PAK and PAT, perhaps, under the influence of Iranian forms ( *arzata-/*razata- < PIE *rǵnto-): the WC forms can reflect an original variation *rVʒ́Vnǝ (>PAT) / *rVǯ́Vnǝ (>PAK).
