Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/mc̣q̇aw-

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

• *c̣q̇a(w)-

Noun

*mc̣q̇aw-

1. cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian: წყავი (c̣q̇avi)
    • → Armenian: ծվաղ (cvaġ)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: მწუ (mǯu), წუ (ǯu) — Atina, Artasheni, მწკოლი (mǯǩoli), მწკო (mǯǩo) — Khopa, Arkabi, Vitse
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: წყეი (c̣q̇ei), წყი (c̣q̇i), წყივი (c̣q̇ivi), წყოვი (c̣q̇ovi), წყოი (c̣q̇oi), წყოლი (c̣q̇oli), წყილი (c̣q̇ili)
• Svan: წყაუ̂ (c̣q̇aû), წყეუ̂ (c̣q̇eû) — Upper Svan, წყიუ̂ (c̣q̇iû) — Kodori

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 303
• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 141
• Marr, N. (1915) “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). II [Japhetic names of trees and plants (Pluralia tantum). II]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 9, number 9, page 832