Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/mč̣ax-

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Proto-Georgian-Zan

Adjective

*mč̣ax-e-

  1. sour, tart

Reconstruction notes

In Zan the expected -ჭკ- ← *-ჭ- (-č̣ḳ- ← *-č̣-) consonant cluster didn't develop due to the presence of -ხ- (-x-) in the stem, for more examples of this see *glaǯ-.

Descendants

  • Georgian: მჭახე (mč̣axe)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: მჭოხა (mç̌oxa)
    • Mingrelian: ჭვახა (č̣vaxa, “rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)”), ჭვახე (č̣vaxe, “bitter”) (← *(მ)ჭოხა (*(m)č̣oxa))

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 133
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 345–346
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 305–306
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