Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣₁el-

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

*c̣₁el-

intestine, gut

Reconstruction notes

In Svan the root is reduplicated; its original vocalism is preserved in the verb ლი-ჭა̈ნჭ-ო̄რ-ე (li-č̣änč̣-ōr-e, “disembowel, gut”).

Note that Laz ჭინჭვალა (ç̌inç̌vala), ჭინჭყვალა (ç̌inç̌qvala) is likely unrelated to this root.

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: წელი (c̣eli), ⇒ ნა-წლ-ევ-ი (na-c̣l-ev-i)
  - Georgian: წელი (c̣eli)
  - Georgian: ნაწლავი (nac̣lavi)
- Zan:
  - Laz: მჭუ (mç̌u)
  - Mingrelian: ჭჷ (č̣ə), ჭუ (č̣u), ჭი (č̣i)
⇒ Svan: ჭინ-ჭილ (č̣in-č̣il, “intestine, gut”), ლი-ჭა̈ნჭ-ო̄რ-ე (li-č̣änč̣-ōr-e, “disembowel, gut”), ქა-ლი-ჭჷნჭ-ილ-ი (ka-li-č̣ənč̣-il-i)

References

Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 85–86
Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 249
Geleniʒe, Laṭavra (1974) Adamianis anaṭomia-piziologiastan daḳavširebuli leksiḳa ʒvel kartulši (sxva kartveluri enebis monacemebtan šedarebit) [Words related to human anatomy and physiology in Old Georgian (in comparison with data from other Kartvelian languages)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Mecniereba, page 116
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 308
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 662–663
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 647–648
Čanṭlaʒe, Iza, Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Margiani-Dadvani, Ketevan, Margiani-Subari, Ketevan, Ioseliani, Rusudan (2020) Merab Čuxua, Rusudan Zekalašvili, editors, Ḳodoruli svanuri [Kodori Svan]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi-Jena, →ISBN, page 564