ვერხჳ

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

• ვერხუი (verxui)

Etymology

Fähnrich reconstruct Proto-Kartvelian *werxw-, listing Svan ჲერხუ̂ (yerxû) and Mingrelian ვეხი (vexi) as cognates. However, Klimov considers the Svan word to be borrowed from Georgian, hence his reconstruction is for the Proto-Georgian-Zan stage.

Noun

ვერხჳ • (verxwi)

1. asp, aspen, asps

Descendants

• Georgian: ვერხვი (verxvi)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 52
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 201
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 161
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ვერხჳ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 157