Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ni-

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

Prefix

*ni-

1. word-forming prefix of uncertain function, now unproductive in daughter languages

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ნი- (ni-)
  • >^? Zan: *ni- (see Proto-Georgian-Zan *niḳel-)
• Svan: ნი- (ni-)

Derived terms

Proto-Kartvelian terms prefixed with *ni-

References

• Topuria, Varlam (1938) “Kartvelur enata siṭq̇vac̣armoebidan: ne-, ni-, na- ṗrepiksebisatvis”, in Ṭpilisis saxelmc̣ipo universiṭeṭis šromebi‎^[1] (in Georgian), volume VII, Tiflis, pages 90–91
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 142
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 358–359
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 220–221