Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/mqar-

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

Noun

*mqar-

1. shoulder

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: მჴარი (mqari)
    • Georgian: მხარი (mxari)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: მხუჯი (mxuci), მხუჟი (mxuji) — Vizha, ფხუჯი (pxuci), ხუჯი (xuci)
    • Mingrelian: ხუჯი (xuǯi)
• Svan: მეჴა̈რ (meqär, “arm from shoulder to elbow”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 134
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 347–348
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 307–308