Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/gwel-
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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. |
Proto-Georgian-Zan
Noun
*gwel-
Reconstruction notes
The relation of Svan უ̂იჯ (ûiǯ) to this root is uncertain. If it's related then a Proto-Kartvelian source is reconstructible instead.
Descendants
- Old Georgian: გუელი (gueli)
- Zan:
- Laz: ყვერი (qveri, “slowworm”), კვერი (ǩveri), კვეი (ǩvei), კვეჲი (ǩveyi) — Sumla, მტვერი (mťveri) — Okordule, მკვერი (mǩveri), მკვეი (mǩvei), მკვეჲი (mǩveyi) — Chanapeti, Borghola, ყვეი (qvei), ყვეჲი (qveyi) — alternative spellings, მგვერი (mgveri)
- Mingrelian: გვერი (gveri), გუერი (gueri), ნგვერი (ngveri)
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 142–143
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 105
Further reading
- Topuria, Varlam (1926) “Poneṭiḳuri daḳvirvebani kartvelur enebši I [Phonetic observations in Kartvelian languages I]”, in Mimomxilveli (in Georgian), Tiflis, page 203 of 198–219
- Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 129–130
- Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 101
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 29, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian, connecting it with Svan უ̂იჯ (ûiǯ)