Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/šew-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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.

*šew- ~ *šw-

1. to give birth

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: შვა (šva), შობა (šoba, “birth”)
    • Georgian: შვა (šva), შობა (šoba, “birth”), ნაშობი (našobi)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ო-სკ-უ, დო-სქ-უ, ო-სქ-უ, ო-მსქ-უ (o-sǩ-u, do-sk-u, o-sk-u, o-msk-u, “to lay egg”)
    • Mingrelian: სქუალა (skuala, “to lay eggs”)

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *šw-il- (“born, child”) (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Proto-Kartvelian: *m-šw-e- (“child”) (see there for further descendants)

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 248
• 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