Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/-is₁

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

*-is₁

1. genitive case marker

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: -ის (-is), -ჲს (-ys)
    • Georgian: -ის (-is), -ს (-s)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: -შ (-ş), -ში (-şi), -ჲი (-yi) — Chkhala
      • → Georgian: -ში (-ši)
    • Mingrelian: -იშ (-iš), -შ (-š), -ჲ (-y)
• Svan: -იშ (-iš), -შ (-š)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 103
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 257–258
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 215