Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/qarq-

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

*qarq(a)-

1. throat, pharynx

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: *ჴაჴა (*qaqa)
    • Georgian: ხარხა (xarxa) — Guria
  • Zan:
    • ⇒? Laz: ხორხონჯა (xorxonca) (or from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qorq-)
    • ⇒? Mingrelian: ხორხოტა (xorxoṭa), ხორხონტა (xorxonṭa), ხორხიტა (xorxiṭa), ხირხიტა (xirxiṭa) (or from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qorq-)
• Svan: ჴარჴ (qarq)

See also

• *q̇arq̇anṭ-
• *qorq-

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 334
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 711
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 700
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*ხორხ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 891