Reconstruction:Proto-Circassian/pχʷǝ

This Proto-Circassian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Circassian

Etymology

From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *pǝχ́ʷA (“daughter”).

Noun

*pχʷǝ

daughter

Descendants

Proto-Adyghe:
- Literary Adyghe: пхъу (pχʷu)
Proto-Kabardian:
- Literary Kabardian: пхъу (pχʷu)

References

Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*qwä̆nV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

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