Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/keš-

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

*keš-

1. to gasp, wheeze; to yawn

Reconstruction notes

In Zan and Svan the expected *შქ ← *შ (*şk ← *ş) consonant cluster didn't develop due to the presence of ქ (k) in the stem. For more examples of this, see *glaǯ-.

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Georgian: ქოშინი (košini), ქშენა (kšena), (Imereti, Guria) ქეშელი (kešeli)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ოქაშანუ (okaşanu)
• ⇒ Svan: ლიქშელ (likšel), ა̈დქეშალ (ädkešal)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 490
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 461–462
• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 30 of 17–37, adds Laz