North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *rĕwc_wi ( ~ -ĭ-,-ă-,-e)

Meaning: red copper; gold

Proto-Nakh: *dašVb

Proto-Dargwa: *dabs:i

Proto-Lezghian: *jisʷV-r

Proto-West Caucasian: *rǝš́ʷa (~d-,-śʷ-)

Notes: The Nakh-WC comparison was proposed in Trubetzkoy 1930, 276; we think that the Darg. and Tab. parallels fit here very well. Alternative comparison, proposed by Rogava 1956,6 (with Av. mesed 'gold' etc., Georg. beč̣edi 'ring'), is unacceptable for phonetic reasons.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *dašVb

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gold

Chechen: deši

Ingush: došuw

Comments: 3d class in both languages. Cf. also Chech. (Uslar) dešī, (Imnaishvili) dešij id.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *dabs:i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: copper, red copper

Akusha: dubsi

Chiragh: dabs:e

Comments: Cf. also Ur. dubsi, Kub. dubse, Tsud. dubs:i. Darg. > Lak. duws:i (Khosr. dūs:i) 'red copper'.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *jisʷV-r

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gold

Tabasaran: jiš̌ur (Uslar)

Comment: Attested only in Uslar's Tab. records (in all modern languages replaced by a Turkic loanword), but no doubt archaic.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *rǝśʷa (~d-,-š́ʷ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gold

Adyghe: dǝś

Kabardian: dǝśa

Comments: PAK *dǝ́śa. PAK *-ś- can go back to PWC *-śʷ- or -š́ʷ-. Despite Shagirov (1, 158) it is impossible - for phonetic reasons - to compare PAK *dǝ́śa with PAT *x́ǝ 'gold'.

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