Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/daq̇w-

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

*daq̇w-

1. elbow

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Georgian: იდაყჳ (idaq̇wi)
  • Georgian: იდაყვი (idaq̇vi), ნიდაყვი (nidaq̇vi), დაყვ (daq̇v), დლაყვი (dlaq̇vi)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: დუყუ (duqu), დუყი (duqi), დუღი (duği), დურყუ (durqu), დუი (dui)
  • Mingrelian: დუჸი (duʾi)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*d(l)aq̇w-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 41
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*daq̇w-, *dlaq̇w-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 165, 175–176
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*daq̇w-, *dlaq̇w-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 124–125, 135

Further reading

• Gudava, Ṭogo (1960) “O-s u-ši gadasvlis zogierti šemtxveva zanur (megrul-č̣anur) enaši [Some cases of transition of o into u in Zan (Mingrelian-Chan) language]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 25, number 1, Tbilisi, page 119―122