Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/sir-

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

*sir-

1. bird

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: სირი (siri, “bird”)
    • Georgian: სირი (siri)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: სინდი (sindi, “duck”), სინჯი (sinǯi), წყარისინდი (c̣q̇arisindi, “wild duck”), წყარისინჯი (c̣q̇arisinǯi)
      • → Svan: წყა̈რშინდ (c̣q̇äršind, “duck”), წყა̈სინჯ (c̣q̇äsinǯ), წყარშჷნდ (c̣q̇aršənd)
• ⇒ Svan: მჷსირ (məsir, “black grouse”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 166
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 403–404
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 367