Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/as₁-

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

Proto-Kartvelian cardinal numbers

<  10	100
Cardinal : *as₁-

Numeral

*as₁-

1. hundred

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ასი (asi)
    • Georgian: ასი (asi)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ოში (oşi)
    • Mingrelian: ოში (oši)
• ⇒ Svan: აშირ (ašir)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*as₁ir-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 4, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *as₁ir-, deriving the root from a Semitic source, comparing specifically Akkadian ešer (“ten”)
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*as₁-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 87–88
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*as₁-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 41

Further reading

• Климов, Г. А. (1967) “Заимствованные числительные в общекартвельском? [Borrowed numerals in Common Kartvelian?]”, in Этимология‎^[1] (in Russian), number 1965, Moscow, page 309 of 307–310