ნერწყჳ

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

• ნერწყუ (nerc̣q̇u)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ne-rc̣₁q̣w-, formed by prefixing the verbal root *rc̣₁q̣w-. Ultimately of same origin as რწყევა (rc̣q̇eva), რწყვა (rc̣q̇va), etc.

Noun

ნერწყჳ • (nerc̣q̇wi)

1. spit, saliva

Derived terms

• ნერწყუა (nerc̣q̇ua)
• ნერწყუვა (nerc̣q̇uva)

Descendants

• Georgian: ნერწყვი (nerc̣q̇vi)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 142
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 354
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 392
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ნერწყჳ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi)‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 327