Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣₁am-

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

Etymology 1

Noun

*c̣₁am-

1. pubic hair, fur

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: სა-წმ-ის-ი (sa-c̣m-is-i, “fleece, wool”) (← *სა-წამ-ის-ი (*sa-c̣am-is-i))
    • Georgian: საწმისი (sac̣misi)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: ჭემი (č̣emi, “pubic hair”), რჭემი (rč̣emi) (← *ჭომი (*č̣omi))
• Svan: ჭი̄მა (č̣īma, “pubic hair”), ჭიმა (č̣ima) (← *ჭუმა (*č̣uma))

Unsorted borrowings

• → Old Armenian: ծամ (cam)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 380–381
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 644

Further reading

• Mač̣avariani, Givi (1956) “A xmovnis labializaciis šemtxvevebi svanurši [Cases of labialization of the vowel a in Svan]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi, page 365―368

Etymology 2

Noun

*c̣₁am-

1. Alternative reconstruction of *Lam-