Proto-West-Caucasian: *jaɣ́a
Meaning: goose-foot (grass)
Adyghe: jaž́ā-šχʷa
Kabardian: jāźā-śχʷa
Comments: PAK *jaž́a (used only in a compound with *šχʷa 'grey' < *šʷǝχʷa q.v.). The compound actually means "grey grass", or possibly just "jaž́a-grass" - because the root *šχʷV in PAK has also the meaning 'burdock, weeds' - but is now folk-etymologically understood as "grey ashes" - because of the confusion of the two originally separate roots (see *jaɣ́a 'ashes').
