Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/q̇al-

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

*q̇le (Klimov)

Noun

*q̇al- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

penis

Reconstruction notes

According to Klimov and Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe, here also belongs Svan ყლაუ̂ (q̇laû, “boy”), however Čuxua together with dialectal Georgian ღლავი (ɣlavi, “young boy”) derives it from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣlaw-; for the word-initial Svan ყ (q̇) ~ Georgian ღ (ɣ) correspondence, compare Proto-Kartvelian *q̇wiz₁-, *q̇welp-.

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ყლე (q̇le) (see there for further descendants)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: ოლე (ole), ყოლე (qole), კოლე (ǩole)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ჸოლე (ʾole)
⇒? Svan: ყლაუ̂ (q̇laû, “boy”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 243–244
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 528
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 505
Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, pages 110–111