Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/xut-

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

**Proto-Kartvelian cardinal numbers**
< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : *xut-

Numeral

*xut-

five

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ხუთი (xuti)
  - Georgian: ხუთი (xuti)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ხუთი (xuti)
  - Mingrelian: ხუთი (xuti)
Svan: უ̂ოხუ̂იშდ (ûoxûišd), უ̂ოხუშდ (ûoxušd), უ̂ოხუ̂იშტ (ûoxûišṭ)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 704
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 332
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 693