Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/nen-

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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

Noun

*nen(a)-

  1. tongue, word

Descendants

References

  • Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 106–107
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*nena-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 141
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 357–358
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 318

Further reading

  • Melikišvili, Irine (1975) “E > i ṗrocesi zanur dialekṭebši da xmovanta šesaṭq̇visobis erti darɣveva kartvelur enebši [E > i process in Zan dialects and the disturbance of vowel correspondences in the Kartvelian languages]”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 122―128