Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/pur-

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

*pur-

1. cow

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ფური (puri)
    • Georgian: ფური (puri)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ფუჯი (puci), ფუჟი (puji) — Ghvant
    • Mingrelian: ფუჯი (puǯi)
• Svan: ფუ̈რ (pür), ფირუ̂ (pirû)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 206
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 445
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 475