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