Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *pVrš:ʷ- (~-l-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 lungs, liver 2 bellows

Archi: purš:ǝ-qat 2

Udi: puIšpuIš 1 (Khaidakov)

Comment: Perhaps with a semantic shift ("smth. inflated") one could compare Tsakh. pɨš-ńɨ 'lip' ?

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *pärš_wA (~ -l-)

Meaning: bubble, bladder; to swell

Proto-Nakh: *puš

Proto-Lak: purš:

Proto-Dargwa: *puš(a)

Proto-Lezghian: *pVrš:ʷ- (~-l-)

Proto-West Caucasian: *pǝšǝ-ta- (~ -s-)

Notes: The correspondences are quite regular (in PWC there occurred a usual delabialisation of the second consonant after a preceding labial). The back vowel in the second syllable is suggested by PWC.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *puš

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bump, lump

Batsbi: puš

Comments: Isolated in Bacb., but having reliable external parallels.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: purš:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bellows

Lak form: purš

Comments: Cf. gen. purš:i-ra-l.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *puš(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 bellows 2 bubble, bladder

Akusha: puš 1, pušaʕ 2

Comments: Cf. also Chir. puš-buḳan 'bellows', Ur. puša id., Kait. puš-liḳ 'bladder', Kharb. puš-larq̇ id., Tsud. pušüʕ id. (the second component of compounds is not clear etymologically).

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *pǝšǝ-ta- (~ -s-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to swell

Adyghe: psǝta-

Ubykh: psta-

Comments: Ub. 3d p. a-pstá-n. Dumézil 1975 considers the Ub. word as a loan from Adygh., deriving the Adygh. verb from psǝ 'water'; Shagirov 2,36 also supports this etymology. It is possible, but seems to us less likely in view of the external evidence.

    Since there are no AA parallels, it is impossible to distinguish between reconstructing *-š- or *-s- in the root.

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