Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣ḳiar-

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

*c̣ḳ(i)ar-

crack, split

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Georgian: მწკერი (mc̣ḳeri, “crack of broken vessel”) — Khevsureti
- Zan:
  - Mingrelian: წკიორი (c̣ḳiori, “cracked, broken, bursted”)
Svan: წკა̈რა (c̣ḳära, “crack, split”)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 630
Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 363, connects Mingrelian and Svan with a more difficult to explain Georgian word