Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/-el

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

Suffix

*-el

1. suffix of noun derivation

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: -ელ (-el)
    • Georgian: -ელ (-el)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: -ალ (-al), -ა (-a), -ე (-e), -უ (-u)
    • Mingrelian: -ალ (-al), -ა (-a), -ე (-e), -უ (-u)
• Svan: -ელ (-el), -ე (-e), -∅

References

• Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz, Mač̣avariani, Givi (1965) Sonanṭta sisṭema da ablauṭi kartvelur enebši‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 77–83
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 46
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 187–188
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 147–148