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Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/pǝ̃χʷǝ

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

Noun

*pǝ̃χʷǝ[1]

stalk of grain
carrot

Descendants

Abkhaz: а́ԥҳә (ápḥʷ, “stalk of grain”)
Proto-Circassian: *pxə (“carrot”)
- Adyghe: пхъы (pχə)
  - → Karachay-Balkar: быхы (bıxı)
    - → Svan: ბჷხჷ (bəxə)
  - → Nogai: быхы (bıxı)
  - → Ossetian:
    Digor Ossetian: ӕпхӕ (æpxæ)
- Kabardian: пхъы (pχə)
Ubykh: мыхы (məxə, “stalk of grain”)

References

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

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