Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ca-

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

*ca-

1. sky

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ცაჲ (cay)
    • Georgian: ცა (ca)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ნცა (nʒa), მცა (mʒa) — Vizha, Artasheni, ცა (ʒa) — Khopa
    • Mingrelian: ცა (ca)
• ⇒ Svan: ცა̈̄შ (cǟš, “Thursday”, literally “of sky”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 261
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 574
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 552―553

Etymology 2

Alternative reconstructions

• *caj- (Klimov)

Noun

*ca- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

1. elm

Descendants

• Proton-Georgian-Zan:
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: ცი (ci), ცჷ (cə)
• ⇒ Svan: ცა̈̄ჲრა (cǟyra), ცა̈ჲრა (cäyra), ცა̄ჲრა (cāyra), ცაჰრა (cahra), ცაი (cai)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*caj-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 262
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ca-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 574–575
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ca-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 553