Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/qan-

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

Root

*qan- : *qn-

1. to plough, till

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: ჴვნა (qvna)
    • Georgian: ხვნა (xvna)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ოხონუ (oxonu)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ხონუა (xonua)
• ⇒ Svan: ლიჴნი (liqni, “ploughing, tilling”), ჴა̈ნ (qän, “ox”)

See also

• *qar- (“ox”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 333–334
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 710
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 699–700

Further reading

• Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz, Mač̣avariani, Givi (1965) Sonanṭta sisṭema da ablauṭi kartvelur enebši [The system of sonants and ablaut in Kartvelian languages]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 312
• Nozaʒe, Lamara (2008) “Qan-/qar- ṭiṗis puʒeebis šesaxeb kartulši [On qan-/qar- type of roots in Georgian]”, in Giorgi Gogolašvili, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Kartvelur enata isṭoriuli morpologiis saḳitxebi [Problems in the historical morphology of the Kartvelian languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, →ISBN, pages 294–308