Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/lorc̣-
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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]Noun
[edit]*lorc̣-
Reconstruction notes
[edit]For the emergence of unexplained კ (ḳ) in positions after წ (c̣) in alternative forms of Georgian, compare წიწვი ~ წიწკი (c̣ic̣vi ~ c̣ic̣ḳi, “needle ~ twig”), ბაწარი ~ ბაწკი (bac̣ari ~ bac̣ḳi, “thread ~ weak thread”), წნელი ~ წკნელი (c̣neli ~ c̣ḳneli, “cane, wand”), and, possibly, ძეწკვი ← *ძეწვი (ʒec̣ḳvi ← *ʒec̣vi, “jewelry chain”) (if this word is not a Zan borrowing).
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Georgian: ლორწო (lorc̣o), ლორწი (lorc̣i), ლორწკო (lorc̣ḳo), ლორწკი (lorc̣ḳi)
- Zan:
- →? Old Armenian: լորձն (lorjn) (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 25 of 17–37
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լորձն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 298, derives the Georgian from Old Armenian լորձն (lorjn), լորձ (lorj)
- Djahukian, Gevorg (2003) “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 7, number 1/2, page 193 of 191–194, connects with Old Armenian լորձն (lorjn), լորձ (lorj)
- Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 189, derives Georgian ლორწო (lorc̣o, “mucus, slime”), Mingrelian ფერწო (perc̣o, “snail”), Laz ფენწე (penǯe, “snail”) from Proto-Georgian-Zan *porc̣o- (“slime”) with unexplained ლ < *ფ (l < *p) in Georgian; this reconstruction is no longer considered in Klimov 1998
- Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 76
- Vogt, Hans (1988) Linguistique caucasienne et arménienne (Studia Caucasologica; II)[3] (in French), Oslo: Norwegian University Press, page 127
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[4], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 57