Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/qorq-

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

Noun

*qorq-

1. throat, pharynx

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ჴორჴი (qorqi)
• Zan:
  • Laz:
    • ხურხი (xurxi)
    • ⇒? ხორხონჯა (xorxonca) (or from Proto-Kartvelian *qarq(a)-)
  • Mingrelian:
    • ხურხი (xurxi)
    • ⇒? ხორხოტა (xorxoṭa), ხორხონტა (xorxonṭa), ხორხიტა (xorxiṭa), ხირხიტა (xirxiṭa) (or from Proto-Kartvelian *qarq(a)-)

See also

• *q̇arq̇anṭ-
• *qarq(a)-

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 340
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 719
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 708
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*ხორხ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 891