Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ʒ₁wen-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁w- (“to be old”).

Root

*ʒ₁w-en- : *ʒ₁w-in-

  1. to become old

Descendants

  • 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
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