Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/s₁ul-

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

Noun

*s₁ul-

  1. soul, spirit, smell

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: სული (suli, “soul, ghost; Holy Spirit; air, wind; odour, smell”)
    • Zan:
      • ⇒ Laz: შური (şuri, “soul, smell”), შუჲი (şuyi) — alternative spelling, შურონი (şuroni, “fragnant”), ჟურშურონი (jurşuroni, “pregnant”), ჟურ-შურონი (jur-şuroni), ჟურ შურონი (jur şuroni) — alternative spellings, ოშურუ (oşuru, “to smell”)
      • ⇒ Mingrelian: შური (šuri, “soul, smell”), შურამი (šurami, “fragnant”)
  • ⇒ Svan: ლიშუ̄ლი (lišūli, “wheezing, puffing, snorting”), ლიშუ̂რიე̄ლ (lišûriēl, “sighing, groaning, moaning”)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 182
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 423–424
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 386–387
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