Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳwer-

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 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.

Proto-Kartvelian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*ḳwer-

  1. crow

Reconstruction notes

Uncertain; Svan descendant is variously glossed as crow or stork. Technically it could rather be a descendant of Proto-Kartvelian *c̣₁ero- instead.}}

Affrication of word-initial *ḳ is regular for Svan, compare: ჭაშ (č̣aš, “husband”) ← Proto-Kartvelian *ḳac₁- (“male”), ჭიშხ (č̣išx) ← Proto-Kartvelian *ḳurc₁x- (“foot”).

Descendants

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 93
  • 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 229 of 227–250, connects with Georgian კვირიონი (ḳvirioni, “European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)”), which is unlikely to be unrelated due to the difference in meanings
  • Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2020) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - VII [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - VII]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XVII, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 26 of 23–33

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, page 121
  • Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*q̇wa-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, pages 209–210
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