Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣aw-

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

*c̣aw-

1. otter

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: მწავი (mc̣avi)
    • Georgian: წავი (c̣avi)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: წვინარი (ǯvinari), წონარი (ǯonari) — Vizha, წინარი (ǯinari)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: წვინარი (c̣vinari), წვინორი (c̣vinori)
• ⇒ Svan: წიუ̂ე̄რ (c̣iûēr), წიუ̂ერ (c̣iûer), წიორ (c̣ior)

References

• Gigineišvili, Bakar (1980) “"Saxismeṭq̇uelis" Kartuli targmanis erti adgilis gagebisatvis [On the interpretation of a passage in the Georgian translation of the Physiologus]”, in Mravaltavi: pilologiur-isṭoriuli ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume 7, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 123―126
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) “*c̣aw-ar-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 361
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*c̣aw-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 613