Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/s₁wel-

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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 1

Probably from *s₁ow- (“to be wet”) +‎ *-el, in which case this root is the same as Proto-Georgian-Zan *s₁ow-el- (“wet, damp, soaked”).

Noun

*s₁wel-

  1. whey
    Synonym: *c̣ak-
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, page 131
  • Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz (1959) Giorgi C̣ereteli, editor, Sibilanṭta šesaṭq̇visobani da kartvelur enata uʒvelesi sṭrukṭuris zogi saḳitxi [Sibilant correspondences and some problems of the oldest structure of the Kartvelian languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis gamomcemloba, page 17–18 of 1–86
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 418–419
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 382

Etymology 2

Noun

*s₁wel-

  1. lizard
    Synonym: *m-xul-
Descendants

References

  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 313
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 382

Further reading

  • 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, page 125, conflates this root with Proto-Kartvelian *m-xul-
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