Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/glaǯ-

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

*glaǯ- : *gleǯ- : *gliǯ- : *glǯ-

1. to tear, shred, break, hack

Reconstruction notes

In Zan and Svan the expected *ჯგ ← *ჯ (*cg ← *c) consonant cluster didn't develop due to dissimilation. For more examples of this, compare *ḳrč̣-, *ḳreč̣-, *ḳuč̣-, *mč̣ax-, *mǯuɣ-, *ṭq̇laš-, *keš-, *ɣeč̣-, *ɣoč̣-, *ɣreǯ-, *ɣrǯ-, *čeḳ-, *čig-, *č̣iḳ-, *ǯex-, *ǯɣlem-.

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: გლეჯა (gleǯa)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ოგლიჯუ (oglicu, “tearing, shredding”), ოგურჯოლუ (ogurcolu, “grinding (of teeth)”)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: გურჯონუა (gurǯonua), გირჯონუა (girǯonua)
• ⇒ Svan: გჷლა̈ჯ (gəläǯ)

Related terms

• *gal-

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 146–147
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 108–109
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 30–31
• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, pages 20–21
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 784

Further reading

• Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz (1959) Giorgi C̣ereteli, editor, Sibilanṭta šesaṭq̇visobani da kartvelur enata uʒvelesi sṭrukṭuris zogi saḳitxi (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis gamomcemloba, page 21 of 1–86