Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

According to Klimov, borrowed from the same Proto-Indo-European root that yielded German Gaumen, Lithuanian gomurỹs.[1] Compare also Ancient Greek γεῦμα (geûma).

Noun edit

გემოჲ (gemoy)

  1. palate, taste, sweetness
  2. pleasure, gratification

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 173–174

Further reading edit

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “გემოჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 92a
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “გემოჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 275a
  • Серебряков, Б. Я. (1962) “გემოჲ”, in Древнегрузинско-русский словарь (по двум древним редакциям Четвероглава)[2], Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 39b