Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/mḳle-

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

*ḳl- +‎ *m- -e, from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳel- : *ḳl- (“to lack, to be short of something”).

Adjective

*m-ḳl-e-

1. deprived, lacking, short

Descendants

• Old Georgian: მოკლჱ (moḳlē, “short”)
  • Georgian: მოკლე (moḳle), მკლე (mḳle)
• Zan:
  • Laz: მკულე (mǩule, “short”)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: ხე-კულე (xe-ḳule, “deprived of hand(s)”)

References

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 232–233
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 123