Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳwic-

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

*ḳwic-

colt
female ibex

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: კიცჳ (ḳicwi, “colt”), კიცუ (ḳicu)
  - Georgian: კვიცი (ḳvici)
  - → Mingrelian: კვიცი (ḳvici)
⇒ Svan: კუ̂იცრა (ḳûicra, “female ibex”)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 283
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 243
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 95