Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/zisxl-

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

Root

*zisxl-

1. blood

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: სისხლი (sisxli)
    • Georgian: სისხლი (sisxli)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: დინცხირი (dinʒxiri), დიცხირი (diʒxiri) — Sumla, Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, ძიცხირი (żiʒxiri) — Chkhala
    • Mingrelian: ზისხირი (zisxiri)
• Svan: ზისხ (zisx)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 214
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 59
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 174

Further reading

• Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 774