Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/xol-

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

• *(s)a-xl- (Klimov)

Noun

*xol- (Fähnrich)

1. dwelling

Descendants

• ⇒ Svan: ნამხორ (namxor, “ruins”), ნამხუ̂ირ (namxûir)

Derived terms

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *lʿa-xol-
  • Old Georgian: სახლი (saxli), სახელი (saxeli) (see there for further descendants)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ოხორი (oxori)
    • Mingrelian: ოხორი (oxori, “house”), ⇒ დოხორე (doxore, “palace”)

References

• 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 413
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*xol-, *lʿa-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 689–690, 720–721
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc (2009) “Zogierti kartveluri leksiḳuri erteulisatvis [About some Kartvelian Lexical Units]”, in Enatmecnierebis saḳitxebi (in Georgian), volumes I–II, Tbilisi: Tbilisis universiṭeṭis gamomcemloba, page 109 of 107–110

Further reading

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 176, reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan *(s)a-xl- without the connection to Svan and connects with Proto-Georgian-Zan *xal- : *xl- (“to be near something”) which according to Fähnrich is unrelated
• Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (1985) “Umlauṭis ḳvali kartulši [Traces of umlaut in Georgian]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 120, number 1, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 197―200