Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/qalʿ-

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

*qalʿ-

1. stick, rick, pole

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Georgian: ხალა (xala) (← *ჴალ- (*qal-))
• Svan: ჴაშ (qaš), ჴა̈შ (qäš)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 701–702