Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/q̇ua-
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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]Reconstruction
[edit]The meaning of this root is uncertain. According to Klimov the Proto-Kartvelian term for the meaning of "forehead" was *šubl-, which is why the meaning of the Zan cognates is considered to be secondary. Note also Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇win- (“temple; forehead (?)”).
The root is securely reconstructible only for Proto-Georgian-Zan because Svan ყუუ̂ა (q̇uûa, “handle”) is most likely borrowed from Georgian.
Noun
[edit]*q̇ua-
- handle (of an axe) (clarification of this definition is needed)
Descendants
[edit]- Georgian: ყუა (q̇ua, “handle”), ყუვი (q̇uvi) — Pshavi, ყუვაჲ (q̇uvay) — Ingilo
- →? Svan: ყუუ̂ა (q̇uûa, “handle”)
- Zan:
- ⇒? Proto-Georgian-Zan: *q̇win- (“temple; forehead”)
References
[edit]- 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, pages 66–67
- Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 213
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 245
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 543
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 520