Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/pkwil-

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

From Proto-Kartvelian *pekw-.

Noun

*pkw-il-

1. flour

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ფქვილი (pkvili)
  • Georgian: ფქვილი (pkvili)
• Zan:
  • Laz: მქვერი (mkveri), მჩვერი (mçveri) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, მქირი (mkiri), მქიი (mkii), მქიჲი (mkiyi), მქვირი (mkviri), ქირი (kiri) — Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala
  • Mingrelian: ქვირი (kviri), ქირი (kiri)
  • →⇒? Svan: ლე-ქუ̂ერ (le-kûer, “mill”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*pkw-il-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 208
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 465
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 434–435
• Čuxua, Merab (2007) “*m-kw-il-”, in Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 520, considers Svan ლექუ̂ერ (lekûer) to be inherited