Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/grḳ-al-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan 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-Georgian-Zan

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *gor- ~ *gr- (“to roll”) + *-al (suffix).

Root

*grḳ-al-

1. ring
2. hoop

Descendants

• Laz: კერკელი (ǩerǩeli, “hoop”), კირკელი (ǩirǩeli), ⇒ Laz: კირკოლერი (ǩirǩoleri, “some kind of desert”), Laz: კირკოლა (ǩirǩola, “curly”)
• Old Georgian: გრკალი (grḳali)
  • Georgian: რკალი (rḳali), (Eastern dialects) კირკალი (ḳirḳali), კრიკალი (ḳriḳali)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 33