Proto-North Caucasian: *wħɨ̄swe (~ -ʕ-, -ś-)
Meaning: mountain goat; deer
Notes: EC and WC forms correspond quite regularly, andthe PNC reconstruction is reliable.
Despite Abayev (3,15) and Shagirov (2,149) the comparison of PAK *śǝħV́ with PN *sag 'deer' is impossible for phonetic reasons. But there is an interesting parallel in Kartvelian (PK *šw-el- 'roe, chamois'; the comparison with NC see Trombetti 1923, 370).
