Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳerčx-
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Proto-Kartvelian
Noun
*ḳerčx- or *ḳenčx-
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ნეკერჩხალი (neḳerčxali), ლეკენჩხალი (leḳenčxali), ლეკონჩხალი (leḳončxali) — Guria, ნაკენჩხალი (naḳenčxali), მეკენჩხალი (meḳenčxali) — Imereti, ნაკო̈ნჩხალ (naḳönčxal), ნო̈კო̈რჩხალ (nöḳörčxal), ნო̈კო̈ნჭალ (nöḳönč̣al), ნაკო̈ნჭალ (naḳönč̣al), ნაკენჭალ (naḳenč̣al), ნაკო̈რჩხალ (naḳörčxal) — Ingilo
- → Mingrelian: მეკენჩხალი (meḳenčxali)
- Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ნეკერჩხალი (neḳerčxali), ლეკენჩხალი (leḳenčxali), ლეკონჩხალი (leḳončxali) — Guria, ნაკენჩხალი (naḳenčxali), მეკენჩხალი (meḳenčxali) — Imereti, ნაკო̈ნჩხალ (naḳönčxal), ნო̈კო̈რჩხალ (nöḳörčxal), ნო̈კო̈ნჭალ (nöḳönč̣al), ნაკო̈ნჭალ (naḳönč̣al), ნაკენჭალ (naḳenč̣al), ნაკო̈რჩხალ (naḳörčxal) — Ingilo
- ⇒ Svan: ბიკენჩხა̈ლ (biḳenčxäl), ბეკენჩხალ (beḳenčxal), ბიკენჩხალ (biḳenčxal), ბიკუნჩხალ (biḳunčxal), ბიკჷნჩხალ (biḳənčxal), ბიკინჩხა̈ლ (biḳinčxäl) — Lashkhi, ბეკიანჩ (beḳianč) — Cholur
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 140, reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan ne-ḳerčxa- without the connection to Svan
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 356
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 230, considers Svan ბი- (bi-) to be a seperate prefix from Georgian ნე- (ne-), Mingrelian ლა- (la-); for more on this supposed prefix see Fähnrich 2009 below
- Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 438, considers Svan ბი- (bi-), Georgian ნე- (ne-), Mingrelian ლა- (la-) prefixes to be related
Further reading
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc (2009) “Zogierti kartveluri leksiḳuri erteulisatvis”, in Enatmecnierebis saḳitxebi (in Georgian), volumes I–II, Tbilisi: Tbilisis universiṭeṭis gamomcemloba, page 107 of 107–110
- Melikišvili, Irine (1975) “E > i ṗrocesi zanur dialekṭebši da xmovanta šesaṭq̇visobis erti darɣveva kartvelur enebši”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 122―128