Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳrṭ-

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.

*ḳrṭ-

1. to pluck, peck

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: დაკრტნა (daḳrṭna), დაკორტნა (daḳorṭna), ნაკრტენი (naḳrṭeni)
    • Georgian: დაკრტნა (daḳrṭna), დაკორტნა (daḳorṭna), ნაკრტენი (naḳrṭeni), (Imereti) კირტნა (ḳirṭna), (Khevsureti) სკერტვა (sḳerṭva)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ოკირტონუ (oǩirťonu), კირტონუფს (ǩirťonups), კირტონუმს (ǩirťonums)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: კირტონუა (ḳirṭonua), გოკირტონილი (goḳirṭonili), კირტაფა (ḳirṭapa)
• ⇒ Svan: ლიკჷრტჷნე (liḳərṭəne), კირტილ (ḳirṭil), კინტილ (ḳinṭil), ლიკრეტი (liḳreṭi)

• ⇒? Proto-Kartvelian: *ni-(s)ḳrṭ- (“beak”)
  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: ნიკარტი (niḳarṭi)
      • Georgian: ⇒ ნისკარტი (nisḳarṭi), > (Imereti, Chveneburi) ნიკარტი (niḳarṭi) (inherited)
  • Svan: ნიკრა̈ტ (niḳräṭ)

• Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz, Mač̣avariani, Givi (1965) Sonanṭta sisṭema da ablauṭi kartvelur enebši [The system of sonants and ablaut in Kartvelian languages]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 102–103
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ḳrṭ-wn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 101–102
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 293–294
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 255–256
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 803