ფუშჳ

Old Georgian

Etymology

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Noun

ფუშჳ • (pušwi)

1. hernia

Descendants

• Georgian: ფუში (puši), (Khevsureti, Tusheti) ფუშვი (pušvi), (Ingilo) ფუშ (puš)

Further reading

• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ფუშუ-ი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1266a
• Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, page 97 of 79–113, connects with Mingrelian ფუშქი (puški, “blister”)