Reconstruction:Proto-Circassian/psə

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 *bzǝ. Cognate with Ubykh бзы (bzə).

Noun

*psə

1. water

Descendants

• Proto-Adyghe:
  • Literary Adyghe: псы (psə)
• Proto-Kabardian:
  • Literary Kabardian: псы (psə)

References

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