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Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ქორი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
→ Proto-Nakh: *kori (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ქორი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 455b
Etymology 2
Related to Svanქორ(kor, “house, room”), on the basis of which Fähnrich-Sarǯvelaʒe and Čuxua reconstruct Proto-Kartvelian*kor-.
^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*kor-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 469
Further reading
Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ქორი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 455b
Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 615 of 575–632, compares to Chechen кор(kor), Ingush кор(kor), Bats ქორ(kor)