Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/šwil-

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

Participial form of Proto-Kartvelian *šew- ~ *šw- (“to give birth”). In some Old Georgian pieces, შჳლი (šwili) is attested from weakening ვ (v). The Zan forms regularly correspond to Georgian, although the original ვ (v) there is lost and an irregular change k < ḳ has taken place.

Noun

*šwil-

1. child
2. newborn

Descendants

• Old Georgian: შვილი (švili), შჳლი (šwili)
  • Georgian: შვილი (švili)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: სქირი (skiri), სკირი (sǩiri), ოხორა-სქირი (oxora-skiri, “brother/sister in-law”)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: სქჷლედი (skəledi, “creature”), ოხორა-სქილი (oxora-skili, “brother/sister in-law”), *-სკირი (*-sḳiri, “child”, appears only as surname ending)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 251
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 525
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 548