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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.
Klimov, and then Fähnrich-Sarǯvelaʒe, considered Svanჴა̈ლ(qäl, “the length of two outstretched arms”) to have been derived from this root, thus reconstructing Proto-Kartvelian*qe(l)-.[1][2][3] Unbeknown to them Čuxua would later find a cognate for Svan in Lazხოლი(xoli, “length of body from shoulder to elbow”), thus deriving both from Proto-Kartvelian*qal-.[4]Lazხოლი(xoli) is incompatible with *qe(l)- in terms of vocalism, which means that both Laz and Svan didn't derive from it, meaning that *qe(l)- is only reconstructible for Proto-Georgian-Zan rather than Proto-Kartvelian.
Assuming umlaut in Georgian it would be possible to derive all of the terms from Proto-Kartvelian*qal- instead. For the rare cases of umlaut in Georgian, compare:
↑ 3.03.1Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 334–335
^ Čuxua, Merab (2009) “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 233–234 of 227–250
^ Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (1985) “Umlauṭis ḳvali kartulši [Traces of umlaut in Georgian]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 120, number 1, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 197―200
Further reading
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 74–75