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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *kVtV
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 village 2 sheep-fold
Abkhaz: a-kǝ́ta 1
Abaza: kǝt 1
Adyghe: č́at 2
Kabardian: čat 2
Comments: PAT *kǝtV; PAK *kátǝ. The semantic correlation ('village' - 'sheep-fold') points to the original meaning 'enclosure'. Osset. (Dig.) kät 'an open outhouse close to the sheep-fold', despite Abayev 1,590, is probably borrowed from Adygh.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,

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