Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/qew-

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

Reconstruction

-ო (-o) in Mingrelian needs clarification. For ბ ← *უ̂ (b ← *û) in Zan languages, compare Mingrelian ტყები (ṭq̇ebi) ← Proto-Georgian-Zan *ṭq̇aw- (“hide”), Mingrelian კირიბი (ḳiribi) ← Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳraw- (“lamb”).

Noun

*qew-

1. ravine

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ჴევი (qevi), ჴევნი (qevni)
  • Georgian: ხევი (xevi)
  • → Svan: ჴეუ̂ (qeû)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ხაბო (xabo)
    • → Georgian: ხაბო (xabo, “river bank”) (Imereti)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 712
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 702
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 335

Further reading

• Čuxua, Merab (2019) Manana Mač̣avariani, Manana Buḳia, editors, Georgian–Circassian–Apkhazian Etymological Dictionary (expanded edition)‎^[1], Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, pages 631–632