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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʁʷǝndʷA
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 gadfly 2 small bird, bird
Adyghe: ʁʷǝdǝ 1
Kabardian: ʁʷǝda 1
Ubykh: ʁʷǝ(n)dʷǝ́ 2
Comments: Deriving Ub. ʁʷǝ(n)dʷǝ́ from ʁʷǝnǝ 'tree' (see Dirr 77) is obviously a folk etymology. Kab. ʁʷǝda > Abaz. ʕʷǝda (see Шагиров 1, 137).
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,

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