Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/c₁er-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan 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-Georgian-Zan

Noun

*c₁er-

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Descendants

  • Old Georgian: ცერი (ceri)
    • Georgian: ცერი (ceri)
  • Zan:

See also

  • *ḳit-
  • *neḳ(u)-

References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 594–595, follows Sarǯvelaʒe in reconstructing Proto-Kartvelian by connecting Georgian-Zan with Svan ჩერი (čeri, “spindle”). Considering the distribution of words, Svan must be borrowed from Mingrelian ჩერია, ჩერი (čeria, čeri, id.) which was also borrowed into various Western Georgian dialects
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 271, follows Sarǯvelaʒe
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 575
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