Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/šwid-

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

**Proto-Kartvelian cardinal numbers**
< 6	7	8 >
Cardinal : *šwid-

Etymology

Uncertain. Lots of reconstructed words for "seven" show similarities. Has been connected with Akkadian 𒐌 (IMIN /⁠sebē⁠/) from Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-^[1]^[2]^[3] and Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥^[2].

Numeral

*šwid-

seven

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: შჳდი (šwidi)
  - Georgian: შვიდი (švidi)
- Zan: *škwid-
  - Laz: შქით (şkit), შკით (şǩit) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, შქვით (şkvit) — Chkhala, შკითი (şǩiti), შქითი (şkiti), შქვითი (şkviti), შქი (şki)
  - Mingrelian: შქვითი (škviti), შკვითი (šḳviti)
Svan: იშგუ̂იდ (išgûid), იშკუ̂იდ (išḳûid)

References

^ Климов, Г. А. (1967) “Заимствованные числительные в общекартвельском? [Borrowed numerals in Common Kartvelian?]”, in Этимология‎^[1] (in Russian), number 1965, Moscow, pages 307–310
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 251
^ Fähnrich, Heinz (1994) Grammatik der altgeorgischen Sprache (in German), Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, page 247

Климов, Г. А. (1977) “Картвельское *otxo- ‘четыре’ ~ индоевропейское *ok̂to- [Kartvelian *otxo- ‘four’ ~ Indo-European *ok̂to-]”, in Этимология‎^[2] (in Russian), number 1975, Moscow, page 163 of 162–163
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 554
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 531

[1] Климов, Г. А. (1967) “Заимствованные числительные в общекартвельском? [Borrowed numerals in Common Kartvelian?]”, in Этимология‎^[1] (in Russian), number 1965, Moscow, pages 307–310

[K-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 251

[3] Fähnrich, Heinz (1994) Grammatik der altgeorgischen Sprache (in German), Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, page 247

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