შნო

Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian շնորհ (šnorh),^[1]^[2] from Iranian.^[3] Vogt is sceptical because of -ր- (-r-),^[4] but the form can be explained by borrowing from later Armenian *շնոհ (*šnoh),^[5] which is attested in Middle Armenian compounds, such as շնոհ-ւոր (šnoh-wor).

Alternatively, a native formation fom Proto-Kartvelian *šw-en- ~ *šw-n- (“to decorate; to be proper, befit”), whence Georgian შვენება (šveneba), მშვენიერი (mšvenieri) etc.^[4]^[6] Gippert calls this derivation phonetically untenable.^[5]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃno]

Noun

შნო • (šno) (plural შნოები)

Derived terms

შნოიანი (šnoiani)

References

^ Čubinov, David (1840) “შნო”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 587b
^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շնորհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 527b
^ Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 174, 559
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Vogt, Hans (1938) “Arménien et Caucasique du Sud”, in Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap (in French), volume 9, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 330 of 321–338
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Gippert, Jost (2005) “Das Armenische — eine indogermanische Sprache im kaukasischen Areal”, in Gerhard Meiser, Olav Hacksteing, editors, Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel : Akten der XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17.-23. September 2000, Halle an der Saale‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, page 148
^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 250

[1] Čubinov, David (1840) “შნო”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 587b

[2] Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շնորհ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 527b

[3] Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 174, 559

[Vogt_1938-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Vogt, Hans (1938) “Arménien et Caucasique du Sud”, in Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap (in French), volume 9, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 330 of 321–338

[Gippert_2005-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Gippert, Jost (2005) “Das Armenische — eine indogermanische Sprache im kaukasischen Areal”, in Gerhard Meiser, Olav Hacksteing, editors, Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel : Akten der XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17.-23. September 2000, Halle an der Saale‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, page 148

[6] Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 250

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