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-

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 [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 490
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 461–462
Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 30 of 17–37, adds Laz