ღუედი

Old Georgian

Akin to Mingrelian ღვედი (ɣvedi), Laz ღვედი (ğvedi), Svan ღუ̂ედ (ɣûed). According to Klimov from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣwed- (or Proto-Kartvelian if Svan wasn't borrowed from Georgian). For the preservation of -ვე- (-ve-) in Zan instead of the expected -ვა- (-va-) (~ -ო- (-o-)) compare Zan გვერი (gveri) ← Proto-Georgian-Zan *gwel-.

J̌ahukyan further compares to Old Armenian գաւտի (gawti, “girdle, belt”) and to Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to bind”), whence for example Welsh gwedd (“yoke”). For the sound correspondence of the Anlaut compare Old Georgian ღჳნო (ɣwino), ღჳვი (ɣwivi).

ღუედი • (ɣuedi)

Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 203, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian
Джаукян, Г. Б. (1967) Взаимоотношение индоевропейских, хурритско-урартских и кавказских языков [The interrelationship of Indo-European, Hurro-Urartian and Caucasian languages] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 97, 188, compares also Sanskrit वध्र (vadhra, “leathern strap or thong”), but this is nowadays derived from a different Proto-Indo-European root
Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 74–75, derives from the Proto-Indo-European root compared by J̌ahukyan
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 225–226