Proto-West-Caucasian: *ǯǝ
Meaning: 1 snow 2 hoar-frost 3 dew
Abkhaz: a-ʒáʒa 3
Abaza: aʒ 2,3
Adyghe: wasa-ps 3
Kabardian: wasa-ps 3
Ubykh: zʷa-ʒǝ́ 1
Comments: PAT *(a)ʒ́V (cf. also Bzyb. a-ʒ́áʒ́a 'dew'; the Abkh. form is reduplicated); Ub. zʷa-ʒǝ́ 'snow' (a compound with zʷa 'sky'), ʒǝ- 'to snow' (a-ʒǝ́-n), mIa-ʒǝ́ 'hoar-frost' (with an unclear component mIa-). The voiceless *-s- in PAK *wa-sá-psǝ (a compound with wa- 'sky' and -psǝ 'water') is conditioned by the influence of another root, PAK *wa-sǝ́ 'snow' ( < PWC *śǝ q.v.).
