Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ɣer-
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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
[edit]Noun
[edit]*ɣer-
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Klimov connects here Laz ღანჯი (ğanci, “leg, thigh, calf of leg”),[1] however this is rejected by Fähnrich-Sarǯvelaʒe and Čuxua.[2][3][4] Čuxua adds Mingrelian აღაჯა ← *ო-ღაჯ-ა (aɣaǯa ← *o-ɣaǯ-a, “main beam of roof”).[4]
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Svan: ღე̄რ (ɣēr, “stem, stalk”)
References
[edit]- ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 223
- ^ Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 506
- ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 482
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Čuxua, Merab (2009) “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 233 of 227–250
Further reading
[edit]- Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 154–155