Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳwam-

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

*ḳwam- : *ḳwm-

1. to smoke

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: კუამლი (ḳuamli), კუმევა (ḳumeva), კუმოლა (ḳumola), საკუმეველი (saḳumeveli), სარკუმელი (sarḳumeli)
    • Georgian: კვამლი (ḳvamli), კომლი (ḳomli)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: კომა (ǩoma), ონკომუ (onǩomu), მენკომაფა (menǩomapa)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: კუმა (ḳuma), კუმაფა (ḳumapa), ოკუმაფუ (oḳumapu)
• ⇒ Svan: კუ̂ა̈მ (ḳûäm), ლიკუ̂ამე (liḳûame)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 91
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 273
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 233–234