Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/mec̣₁rxal-
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Proto-Georgian-Zan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]*c̣₁irx- / *rc̣₁ix- (“to chirp”) + *me- -al. In Georgian წ > ც (c̣ > c) change occurred due to the onomatopoeic nature of the root.
Noun
[edit]*me-c̣₁rx-al-
- swallow (bird)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 121
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 354―355