Reconstruction:Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza/aʕʷә

This Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza 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-Abkhaz-Abaza

Etymology

From Proto-Northwest Caucasian *aɣʷəna (“wine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʕʷə/

Noun

*a-ʕʷә

wine

Descendants

⇒ Abaza: гӏва-дза (ʻʷa-dza)
Abkhaz: аҩы (ajʷə)

Клычев, Р. Н. (2000) Абазинский литературный язык: Поиски и находки‎ (in Russian), Карачаевск: КЧГПУ, →ISBN, pages 36–38
Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 179, derives Abkhaz directly from Georgian ღვინო (ɣvino) (should rather be Old Georgian ღჳნო (ɣwino) due to Abaza cognate)

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