Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/regw-

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

*regw-

1. to throw on, fall upon
2. to smash

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian: რეგვ-ა (regv-a, “smashing by hail”), სა-რეგვ-ავ-ი (sa-regv-av-i, “snare, trap”)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: რაგი (ragi, “snare, trap”), რაგვი (ragvi) — Chkhala, რაი (rai) — Firtina Valley (see there for further descendants)
    • Mingrelian: რაგვ-ი (ragv-i, “snare, trap”), რაგვ-აფ-ა (ragv-ap-a, “to hit, push, knock over”)
    • → Georgian: (Adjara, Guria, Chveneburi) რაგვი (ragvi, “snare, trap”), ო-რაგვ-ეთ-ი (o-ragv-et-i, toponym in Imereti), ო-რაგვ-ე (o-ragv-e, toponym in Guria)
• Svan: რა̈გუ̂ (rägû, “shaken, loose, about to collapse; big snow”)

References

• Neisser, Friedrich (1953) Studien zur georgischen Wortbildung (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXI, 2)‎^[1] (in German), published by Gerhard Deeters, Wiesbaden: Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, page 45
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 155
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 381
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 342–343
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 188