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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *č́ʷǝ (/*ǯ́ʷǝ)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: brother
Adyghe: šǝ
Kabardian: q:ʷa-š
Ubykh: ǯ́ǝ-ʎá
Comments: PAK *čǝ. Kab. q:ʷa-š < *q:ʷá-čǝ 'son+brother', cf. Ad. q:ʷaš 'own brother, brother having the same family name'. Reason for voicing *č́ʷ > *č́ > ǯ́ in the Ub. form is not quite clear (cf. perhaps the irregular voicing in plural in PN?).

    PAT *aš́a 'brother' should be kept separate and traced back (together with Ub. -ʎa) to another PWC root, *ʎ́a q.v.

abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,

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