Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ʒ₁w-

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

*ʒ₁w-

1. to be old

Derived terms

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *ʒ₁w-el- (“old, decrepit”)
  • Old Georgian: ძუელი (ʒueli)
    • Georgian: ძველი (ʒveli)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ჯვეში (cveşi), ჯუ̂ე (cûe), მჯვეში (mcveşi), ნჯვეში (ncveşi)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ჯვეში (ǯveši)
• ⇒ Proto-Kartvelian: *ʒ₁w-en- : *ʒ₁w-in- (“to become old”)
  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Zan:
      • ⇒ Laz: ომჯვენუ (omcvenu, “aging, growing old”)
  • ⇒ Svan: ჯუ̂ინელ (ǯûinel, “old”), ლიჯუ̂ნა̈ლე (liǯûnäle, “aging, growing old”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 286
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 625–626
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 606