Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/mšwe-

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

From Proto-Kartvelian *šew- ~ *šw- (“to give birth”).

Noun

*mšwe-

1. child

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: პირმშოჲ (ṗirmšoy)
    • Georgian: პირმშო (ṗirmšo)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: სქუა (skua)
• ⇒ Svan: ჷმსგე (əmsge), სკე (sḳe), სგეჲ (sgey), ლიმსგა̈ჲ (limsgäy, “to have a child”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 128
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 325
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 548