Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/q̇ur-

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

*q̇ur-

ear

Descendants

Old Georgian: ყური (q̇uri)
- Georgian: ყური (q̇uri)
Zan:
- ⇒ Laz: უჯი (uci, “ear”), უჟი (uji) — Vizha, ყუჯი (quci) — Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala, ჲუჯი (yuci), ყუჯა (quca, “deaf”), ოყუჯუ (oqucu, “to listen”)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: ჸუჯი (ʾuǯi, “ear”), ჸუჯა (ʾuǯa, “deaf”)

Derived terms

⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *q̇ur-u- (“deaf”)
- Old Georgian: ყრუ (q̇ru), ყრუჲ (q̇ruy)
  - Georgian: ყრუ (q̇ru)
  - → Bats: ყურუჼ (q̇urũ)
  - → Svan: ყუ̂რიუ̂ (q̇ûriû), ყრუუ̂ (q̇ruû)
- Zan:
  - Mingrelian: ჸურუ (ʾuru, “deaf, dumb, silly”)
⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *q̇ur-c̣- (“ear of needle”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 246, 247
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 544–545
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 522