Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ʒ₁w-

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

*ʒ₁w-

  1. to be old

Derived terms

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan: *ʒ₁w-el- (old, decrepit)
    • Old Georgian: ძუელი (ʒueli)
      • Georgian: ძველი (ʒveli)
    • Zan:
  • Proto-Kartvelian: *ʒ₁w-en- : *ʒ₁w-in- (to become old)
    • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
      • Zan:
        • Laz: ომჯვენუ (omcvenu, aging, growing old)
    • Svan: ჯუ̂ინელ (ǯûinel, old), ლიჯუ̂ნა̈ლე (liǯûnäle, aging, growing old)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 286
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 625–626
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 606