Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/usx-

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

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from or into Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”) with metathesis.

Noun

*usx-

1. sacrificial bull

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: უსხი (usxi)
    • Georgian: უსხი (usxi)
• Svan: უ̂ისხუ̂ (ûisxû), უსხუ̂აჲ (usxûay), უ̂ისხუ̂ა (ûisxûa)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 64-68
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 195–196