მწეროჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *c̣₁ero-.

Noun

მწეროჲ • (mc̣eroy)

1. crane (Grus spp.)

Descendants

• Georgian: წერო (c̣ero)
  • → Bats: წჵერაჼ (c̣'erã), წჵვერაჼ (c̣'verã)
  • → Mingrelian: წერო (c̣ero), ნწერო (nc̣ero)
  • → Svan: წა̈̄რუ̂ (c̣ǟrû), წა̈̄უ̂რ (c̣ǟûr)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მწეროჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 309b
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “მწეროჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 871a