Talk:მსხალი

msxal < sxal < *msxal is not very convincing, is it @Simboyd? --Dixtosa (talk) 11:18, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Klimov, p. 125: "The initial m is reconstructed here because of the change of expected ο into u in Zan (see Gudava 1960: 121) as well as in view of the affricatization s > c in the consonant cluster in Laz and Svan."

Also, please keep this name. It's much better than any of your other accounts :) --Simboyd (talk) 11:24, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. As for მ appearing in modern Georgian, it seems words having მ or not was a subject of big confusion in Old Georgian period xD (მსხვილი, მგელი, მბალი etc.). So I guess მ-სხალი also existed in Old Georgian even if it is not attested. --Dixtosa (talk) 12:07, 5 June 2016 (UTC)