Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/sir-
Appearance
Proto-Kartvelian
[edit]Noun
[edit]*sir-
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: სირი (siri, “bird”)
- Georgian: სირი (siri)
- Zan:
- ⇒ Mingrelian: სინდი (sindi, “duck”), სინჯი (sinǯi), წყარისინდი (c̣q̇arisindi, “wild duck”), წყარისინჯი (c̣q̇arisinǯi)
- Old Georgian: სირი (siri, “bird”)
- ⇒ Svan: მჷსირ (məsir, “black grouse”)
References
[edit]- 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