ღუედი

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Old Georgian

Etymology

Akin to Mingrelian ღვედი (ɣvedi), Laz ღვედი (ğvedi), Svan ღუ̂ედ (ɣûed). According to Klimov from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣwed- (or Proto-Kartvelian if Svan wasn't borrowed from Georgian). For the preservation of -ვე- (-ve-) in Zan instead of the expected -ვა- (-va-) (~ -ო- (-o-)) compare Zan გვერი (gveri)Proto-Georgian-Zan *gwel-.

J̌ahukyan further compares to Old Armenian գաւտի (gawti, girdle, belt) and to Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (to bind), whence for example Welsh gwedd (yoke). For the sound correspondence of the Anlaut compare Old Georgian ღჳნო (ɣwino), ღჳვი (ɣwivi).

Noun

ღუედი (ɣuedi)

  1. belt, strap
  2. leash, twine of yoke

Descendants

  • Georgian: ღვედი (ɣvedi)
  • ? Svan: ღუ̂ედ (ɣûed)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 203, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian
  • Джаукян, Г. Б. (1967) Взаимоотношение индоевропейских, хурритско-урартских и кавказских языков [The interrelationship of Indo-European, Hurro-Urartian and Caucasian languages] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 97, 188, compares also Sanskrit वध्र (vadhra, leathern strap or thong), but this is nowadays derived from a different Proto-Indo-European root
  • Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 74–75, derives from the Proto-Indo-European root compared by J̌ahukyan
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 225–226

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