Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ɣac̣₁w-

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

*ɣac̣₁w-

1. cheek

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ღაწჳ (ɣac̣wi)
    • Georgian: ღაწვი (ɣac̣vi)
• ⇒ Svan: ღა̄ჭა (ɣāč̣a), ღა̄ჭო̄ლ (ɣāč̣ōl)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 222
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 504
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 480