Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/wac₁-

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

*wac₁-

1. billy goat

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ვაცი (vaci)
    • Georgian: ვაცი (vaci)
  • Zan: *woči
    • Laz: ბოჩი (boçi, “billy goat, ram”), ოჩი (oçi)
    • Mingrelian: ოჩი (oči), ვოჩი (voči)
• Svan: ღუ̂აშ (ɣûaš, “tur, ibex”) (← *ღუ̂აჩ (*ɣûač))

See also

• *boṭ-

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 50
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 196–197
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 157