Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/q̇ua-

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.

The meaning of this root is uncertain. According to Klimov the Proto-Kartvelian term for the meaning of "forehead" was *šubl-, which is why the meaning of the Zan cognates is considered to be secondary. Note also Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇win- (“temple; forehead (?)”).

The root is securely reconstructible only for Proto-Georgian-Zan because Svan ყუუ̂ა (q̇uûa, “handle”) is most likely borrowed from Georgian.

*q̇ua-

1. handle (of an axe) (clarification of this definition is needed)

• Georgian: ყუა (q̇ua, “handle”), ყუვი (q̇uvi) — Pshavi, ყუვაჲ (q̇uvay) — Ingilo
  • →? Svan: ყუუ̂ა (q̇uûa, “handle”)
• Zan:
  • Laz: კვა (ǩva, “forehead”), ყვა (qva) — Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala
  • Mingrelian: ჸვა (ʾva, “forehead”)
• ⇒? Proto-Georgian-Zan: *q̇win- (“temple; forehead”)
  • Old Georgian: ყჳნი (q̇wini, “forehead”)
    • ⇒ Georgian: ყვინია (q̇vinia, “with prominent forehead”) (Racha)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: ჸვინგი (ʾvingi, “temple; occiput; neck”), ყვინგი (q̇vingi)

• 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 66–67
• Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 213
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 245
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 543
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 520