Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣id-

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

*c̣id(a)-

1. mud, filth
2. dirt (on body)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: წიდაჲ (c̣iday, “dirt, filth”), წიდოვნებაჲ (c̣idovnebay, “menstruation”), წიდოვანი (c̣idovani, “menstruating”)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: წიდა (ǯida, “manure”)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: წინდა (c̣inda, “dirt, filth”), გაწიმდორება (gac̣imdoreba, “getting dirty, polluting”)
• ⇒ Svan: წიდ (c̣id, “dirt, filth, quagmire; placenta (of cows)”), ლიწდი (lic̣di, “sullying, soiling”)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 642
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 623–624
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 295–296
• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 32 of 17–37