Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/čxartw-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Noun

*čxartw-

mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Georgian: ჩხართვი (čxartvi), ჩხარტი (čxarṭi), ჩხარტა (čxarṭa) — Guria, Imereti
  - → Bats: ჯღართ (ǯɣart)
Svan: ჩხურუშტ (čxurušṭ), ჩხჷრჷშტ (čxərəšṭ), ჩხჷრუშთ (čxərušt), ჩხჷრიშთ (čxərišt), ჩხირუ̂შთ (čxirûšt)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 569
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 547
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 259, completely confused the species with magpie, mentioning how Georgian კაჭკაჭი (ḳač̣ḳač̣i, “magpie”) must be an innovation as opposed to ჩხართვი (čxartvi)