Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/č̣ur-

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

Noun

*č̣ur-

1. vessel

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ჭური (č̣uri), ⇒ ჭურჭერი (č̣urč̣eri), ჭურჭელი (č̣urč̣eli)
  • Georgian: ჭური (č̣uri)
  • →⇒ Armenian: ճուռիկ (čuṙik), ճուռնիկ (čuṙnik), ճոռիկ (čoṙik), ճոռակ (čoṙak), ճոռի (čoṙi)
  • Georgian: ჭურჭელი (č̣urč̣eli)
• Zan: *č̣ḳuǯ- ← *č̣ḳur-
  • Mingrelian: ჭკუჯი (č̣ḳuǯi), ჭკუდი (č̣ḳudi)
  • → Middle Armenian: կճուճ (kčuč), կճիճ (kčič), կճուկ (kčuk)
    • Armenian: կճուճ (kčuč)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 322
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 687
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 671–672
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 882, connects with Laz ქვა-მჭკუდი (kva-mç̌ǩudi, microtoponym in Vitse–Arkabi), which is likely from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mč̣ad- instead
• Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Историко-лингвистические работы. Том II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 369
• Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎^[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 54