COMMENT: The intermediate PEC form must be reconstructed as *s_ämʔV (~-ʡ-) with transfer of labialisation. In Darg. the form became metathesized (probably on analogy with *mac:a 'sheep' q.v.); otherwise the correspondences are quite regular. Relating the PAK root to Chech. žij 'sheep', ža 'sheep-flock' (Dzhanashia 1959) is inacceptable.
