Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/c̣q̇aw-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *mc̣q̇aw-

Noun

*c̣q̇a(w)-

1. cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)

Descendants

• Georgian: წყავი (c̣q̇avi)
  • → Armenian: ծվաղ (cvaġ)
  • →? Mingrelian: წყეი (c̣q̇ei), წყი (c̣q̇i), წყივი (c̣q̇ivi), წყოვი (c̣q̇ovi), წყოი (c̣q̇oi)
  • →? Svan: წყაუ̂ (c̣q̇aû), წყეუ̂ (c̣q̇eû) — Upper Svan, წყიუ̂ (c̣q̇iû) — Kodori
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: მწუ (mǯu), წუ (ǯu) — Atina, Artasheni, მწკოლი (mǯǩoli), მწკო (mǯǩo) — Khopa, Arkabi, Vitse
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: წყოლი (c̣q̇oli), წყილი (c̣q̇ili)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 247, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 304, reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan
• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 141
• Marr, N. (1915) “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). II [Japhetic names of trees and plants (Pluralia tantum). II]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 9, number 9, page 832