Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ʒ₁arɣw-

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

Root

*ʒ₁arɣw-

1. vein (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ძარღჳ (ʒarɣwi), ძარღუ (ʒarɣu)
    • Georgian: ძარღვი (ʒarɣvi)
      • → Svan: ძარღუ̂ (ʒarɣû), ძა̈რღუ̂ (ʒärɣû), არღუ̂ძ (arɣûʒ)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: ჯერღვი (ǯerɣvi)
• Svan: ჯა̈რღუ̂ (ǯärɣû)

References

• Cagareli, Al. (1880) Мингрельские этюды. Второй выпуск. Опыт фонетики мингрельского языка [Mingrelian Studies. Part II. An Attempt at Phonetics of the Mingrelian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 64
• Nižaradze, I. I. (1910) “жила, жилка”, in Русско-сванский словарь [Russian–Svan dictionary] (Сборник материалов для описания местностей и племен Кавказа; 41), Tiflis: тип. Канцелярии наместника е.и.в. на Кавказе, page 76
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 282
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 620
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 601