Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/q̇or-

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

*q̇or- or *q̇war-

1. sow (female pig)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • >? Georgian: ყორი (q̇ori, “girl”) — Fereydan
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: ჸორი (ʾori)
• Svan: ყერ (q̇er)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) “*q̇ar-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 275, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *q̇ar-, wondering also if there's any relation to Mingrelian კერი (ḳeri)
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*q̇or-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 520
• Bartaia, Nomadi (2009) “Pereidnuli leksiḳidan “q̇ori””, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, pages 25–26
• Čuxua, Merab (2012) “Saertoḳavḳasiuri ḳulṭura enobrivi monacemebis mixedvit [Common Caucasian culture according to language data]”, in Ḳavḳasiologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume IV, Tbilisi, page 138 of 126–147