Reconstruction:Proto-Lezghian/ǯʷ(e)-n

Proto-Lezghian

Etymology

From Proto-Northeast Caucasian *źwĕ

Pronoun

*ǯʷ(e)-n

1. (second person plural) you

Descendants

• Archi: жвен (žʷen)
• Aghul: чун (čun), куьн (kün) (Koshan dialect)
• Aghwan: 𐕛𐔽𐔰𐕎 (vˁan)
  • Udi: ваън (va̱n), ефан (efan)
• Budukh: вин (vin)
• Kryts: вин
• Lezgi: куьн (kün)
• Rutul: ваӏ
• Tabasaran: учву (uč°u)
• Tsakhur: шу

Further reading

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*źwĕ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers