Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳatx-

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

*ḳatx(a)-

1. wooden vessel

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: კათხაჲ (ḳatxay)
    • Georgian: კათხა (ḳatxa)
      • → Mingrelian: კათხა (ḳatxa)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: კოთხო (ḳotxo), კორთხო (ḳortxo)
      • → Middle Georgian: *კოთხო (*ḳotxo)
        • Georgian: კოთხო (ḳotxo) (Guria, Upper Adjara, Imereti, Lechkhumi)
        • → Bats: კოთხო̂ (ḳotxô, “wooden goblet”)
• Svan: კათხ (ḳatx)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 84–85, considers Svan to be borrowed from Georgian
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 116, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian, considers Svan to be inherited from Proto-Kartvelian
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 218, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian, mentions however that Svan is possibly borrowed from Georgian