Where does “Зы пцӏым шъыпкъишъэ егъэулъыи” come from?

Зы пцӏым шъыпкъишъэ егъэулъыи (West Circassian) comes from West Circassian пцӏы, from Proto-Circassian *ṗc̣ǝ́ — a lie.

Зы пцӏым шъыпкъишъэ егъэулъыи (West Circassian): One lie tarnishes (or rusts) a hundred truths; a single falsehood casts doubt on many truths

Definitions

  1. One lie tarnishes (or rusts) a hundred truths; a single falsehood casts doubt on many truths

Ancestry of “Зы пцӏым шъыпкъишъэ егъэулъыи”, step by step

Зы пцӏым шъыпкъишъэ егъэулъыи traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via West Circassian пцӏы

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Circassianпцӏыa lie
2Proto-Circassian*ṗc̣ǝ́a lie

via West Circassian зы

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Circassianзыone
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanzə—
Every word from Proto-Circassian *ṗc̣ǝ́ →Every word from West Circassian пцӏы →