Reconstruction:Proto-Northwest Caucasian/nǝš́ʷǝ

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

*nǝš́ʷǝ[1]

  1. earth

Descendants

  • Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza: *nǝ́šʷǝ (see there for further descendants)

References

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