Proto-North Caucasian: *mħĭrš_wA
Meaning: string, bast
Proto-West Caucasian: *pǝša Notes: Correspondences are regular. In WC we observe a regular development *m- > *P- before the following non-nasal liquid, and a usual secondary dissimilatory delabialisation after a labial. Both semantically and phonetically the etymology seems reliable.