Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/q̇wel-

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 *q̇aw- +‎ Proto-Kartvelian *-el.

Noun

*q̇w-el-

1. cheese

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ყუელი (q̇ueli)
  • Georgian: ყველი (q̇veli)
• Zan:
  • Laz: ყვალი (qvali), ვალი (vali) — Atina, Vizha, კვალი (ǩvali) — Artasheni, Vitse, Borghola, მკვალი (mǩvali) — Lome
  • Mingrelian: ჸვალი (ʾvali), ყვალი (q̇vali), ჸვაი (ʾvai) — Martvili–Bandza

References

• Šaniʒe, Mzekala (1960) “Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳidan [From the vocabulary of Old Georgian]”, in Xelnac̣erta insṭiṭuṭis moambe (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi, pages 60–63
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 240
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 526–527
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 503–505