Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/cico-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *cic-a (Čuxua)

Etymology

According to Klimov of interjectional nature (compare Hungarian cica, Slovak cica).

Noun

*cic(o)- (Klimov)

1. cat

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian: ციცა (cica), ციცო (cico)
    • → Bats: ციცო̂ (cicô)
• Svan: ციცუ̂ (cicû), ცუ̂იც (cûic)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*cic(o)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 266
• Čuxua, Merab (2007) “*cic-a”, in Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, pages 587–588