Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/-s

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

Suffix

*-s

  1. dative case marker

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: -ს (-s)
    • Zan:
      • Laz: -ს (-s), -სო (-so), -სუ (-su)Atina, for case markers, -ზ (-z)alternative spelling for case markers
      • Mingrelian: -ს (-s), -ც (-c)
  • Svan: -ს (-s)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 160
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 394–395
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 358