Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/qal-

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

*qal-

1. some unit of length, possibly the length of outstretched arm

Reconstruction notes

It's possible this word simply meant "hand", "arm", see *qe(l)- for more.

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ხოლი (xoli, “length of body from shoulder to elbow”)
• Svan: ჴა̈ლ (qäl, “the length of two outstretched arms”), ჴალ (qal)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2009) “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 233–234 of 227–250