Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣am-

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

*c̣am-

moment, instant

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: წამი (c̣ami, “moment, second, blink; eyelash”), ⇒ წამწამი (c̣amc̣ami)
  - Georgian: წამი (c̣ami)
    - → Mingrelian: წამი (c̣ami)
  - Georgian: წამწამი (c̣amc̣ami)
    - → Bats: წამწამ (c̣amc̣am, “eyebrow; eyelash”)
    - →? Chechen: цӏоцкъам (cʼocqʼam, “eyebrow; eyelash”)
    - →? Ingush: цӏацкъам (cʼacqʼam, “eyebrow; eyelash”)
    - → Laz: კამწამი (ǩamǯami), წამწამი (ǯamǯami) — Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala, წანწამი (ǯanǯami)
    - → Romani: camcàle
- Zan:
  - Laz: (the form and meaning are uncertain)
  - Mingrelian: წუმი (c̣umi, “minute, second”), ⇒ აკაწუნს (aḳac̣uns, “in a minute, in a second”)
Svan: წა̈მ (c̣äm, “moment, second, blink”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*c̣am-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 292
Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*c̣am-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 242
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*c̣am-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 615–616