Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣wen-

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

Root

*c̣wen-

1. juice

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: წუენი (c̣ueni)
    • Georgian: წვენი (c̣veni), წო̈ნ (c̣ön) — Ingilo, წენი (c̣eni) — Fereydan (see there for further descendants)
• Svan: წუ̂ე̄ნე (c̣ûēne), წუნე (c̣une)

References

• Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. II. Theil. Sprachproben und grammatische Skizzen (in German), the Kartvelian section contributed by Mose Ǯanašvili, Vienna: Alfred Hölder, page 293, misattributes Svan წუნე (c̣une) as a "Mingrelian" word
• Nižaradze, I. I. (1910) “Сокъ, соусъ”, in Русско-сванский словарь (Сборник материалов для описания местностей и племен Кавказа; 41), Tiflis: тип. Канцелярии наместника е.и.в. на Кавказе, page 431
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*c̣on-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 634, on the basis Ingiloy Georgian წო̈ნ (c̣ön) reconstructs *c̣on- assuming umlaut in both Georgian and Svan; the Ingiloy form, however, is secondary: cf., literary გველი (gveli) ~ Ingiloy გო̈ლ (göl); literary წვერი (c̣veri) ~ Ingiloy წო̈რ (c̣ör), etc.