Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ɣamort-

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

Alternative reconstructions

Root

*ɣamort-^[5]

God

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ღმერთი (ɣmerti)
  - Georgian: ღმერთი (ɣmerti)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ღორმოთი (ğormoti), ღორმოტი (ğormoťi) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni
  - Mingrelian: ღორონთი (ɣoronti)
Svan: ღე̄რბეთ (ɣērbet) (or borrowed from Georgian)

Notes

If Svan ღე̄რბეთ (ɣērbet) is borrowed from Georgian, then this can only be reconstructed for the Proto-Georgian-Zan stage.

References

^ Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 512
^ Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*ɣermat-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press
^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 234
^ Marr, N. (1912) “Еще о слове „челеби“ (К вопросу о культурном значении курдской народности в истории Передней Азии [More on the word "chelebi" (On the question of the cultural significance of the Kurdish people in the history of Western Asia)]”, in Записки Восточного отделения Русского археологического общества‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 20 (1910), page 110 of 99–151
^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 477

[1] Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 512

[2] Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*ɣermat-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press

[3] Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 234

[4] Marr, N. (1912) “Еще о слове „челеби“ (К вопросу о культурном значении курдской народности в истории Передней Азии [More on the word "chelebi" (On the question of the cultural significance of the Kurdish people in the history of Western Asia)]”, in Записки Восточного отделения Русского археологического общества‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 20 (1910), page 110 of 99–151

[5] Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 477

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