Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/śʷasá

This Proto-Northwest Caucasian 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-Northwest Caucasian

Etymology

From early Proto-Northwest Caucasian *sösa, from Proto-North Caucasian *s̱wēsǝ ~ *s̱wēsa (“bride”).

Noun

*śʷasá[1][2]

bride

Descendants

Proto-Circassian: *pśaśá (see there for further descendants)
Ubykh: śasá (“bride”)

References

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

[2] {The template Template:R:cau-nwc:CWC does not use the parameter(s): head=*(p)śasá
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (1996) Common West Caucasian: The Reconstruction of its Phonological System and Parts of its Lexicon and Morphology, Leiden: Research School CNWS, →ISBN, page 361: “*(p)śasá”