Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/c̣₁itel-

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

*c̣₁it- (“to redden, become red”) +‎ *-el

Adjective

*c̣₁it-el-

1. red

Descendants

• Old Georgian: წითელი (c̣iteli)
  • Georgian: წითელი (c̣iteli)
• Zan:
  • Laz: მჭითა (mç̌ita), ჭითა (ç̌ita)
  • Mingrelian: ჭითა (č̣ita)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 653
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 669
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 313