Reconstruction:Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza/aʕʷә
Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Northwest Caucasian *aɣʷəna (“wine”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*a-ʕʷә
- wine
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Клычев, Р. Н. (2000) Абазинский литературный язык: Поиски и находки[1] (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)