Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/č̣erel-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Georgian-Zan

Etymology

From *č̣er- (“to be multicolored, variegated”) +‎ Proto-Kartvelian *-el.

Adjective

*č̣er-el-

1. multicolored, variegated

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ჭრელი (č̣reli), ⇒ ჭრელ-ჭრელი (č̣rel-č̣reli), ჭრელა-ჭრულა (č̣rela-č̣rula)
  • Georgian: ჭრელი (č̣reli)
    • → Armenian: ճռել (čṙel), ճրել (črel) — Tbilisi
    • → Svan: ჭჷრელ (č̣ərel)
    • → Turkish: çiril
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ჭკარჷ (č̣ḳarə) (← *ჭკარუ (*č̣ḳaru)), ⇒ ჭკარუ-ჭკარუ (č̣ḳaru-č̣ḳaru), ჭკარჭკუნტია (č̣ḳarč̣ḳunṭia), ჭკარჭკანტია (č̣ḳarč̣ḳanṭia)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 667
• 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 110 of 79–113