Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ḳwes-
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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
[edit]Root
[edit]*ḳwes-
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Old Georgian: კუესი (ḳuesi, “firestriker”), კვესება (ḳveseba, “to strike fire”), ნაკვესი (naḳvesi, “spark”)
- Zan:
- ⇒ Mingrelian: კვასუა (ḳvasua, “to strike fire”)
References
[edit]- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 281
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 240
Further reading
[edit]- Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ḳwes₁-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 94, reconstruction contains a typo