Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/šwil-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Participial form of Proto-Kartvelian *šew- ~ *šw- (“to give birth”). In some Old Georgian pieces, შჳლი (šwili) is attested from weakening ვ (v). The Zan forms regularly correspond to Georgian, although the original ვ (v) there is lost and an irregular change k < ḳ has taken place.

*šwil-

1. child
2. newborn

• Old Georgian: შვილი (švili), შჳლი (šwili)
  • Georgian: შვილი (švili)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: სქირი (skiri), სკირი (sǩiri), ოხორა-სქირი (oxora-skiri, “brother/sister in-law”)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: სქჷლედი (skəledi, “creature”), ოხორა-სქილი (oxora-skili, “brother/sister in-law”), *-სკირი (*-sḳiri, “child”, appears only as surname ending)

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 251
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 525
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 548