Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/Lad-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *c̣₁ad- : *c̣₁d- (Klimov)

Root

*Lad- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

1. to wish, desire

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: ს-წად-ს (s-c̣ad-s, “wishes, desires”), წად-ილ-ი (c̣ad-il-i, “wish, desire”)
• ⇒ Svan: ლი-ჰდ-უ̂-ი (li-hd-û-i, “wishing”), ნა-ჰად-უ̂ (na-had-û, “wished, desired, yearned for”)

See also

• *ḳwed-

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*c̣₁ad-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 306
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*Lad-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 738
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*Lad-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 725