Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/kwa-

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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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *kwal- (Čuxua)

Noun

*kwa- (Klimov, Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

  1. stone

Descendants

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*kwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 215–216
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*kwa-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 491
  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) “*kwal-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 258
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*kwa-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 463