Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/pkwil-

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kartvelian *pekw-.

Noun edit

*pkw-il-

flour

Descendants edit

Old Georgian: ფქვილი (pkvili)
- Georgian: ფქვილი (pkvili)
Zan:
- Laz: მქვერი (mkveri), მჩვერი (mçveri); მქირი (mkiri), მქიი (mkii), მქიჲი (mkiyi), მქვირი (mkviri), ქირი (kiri)
- Mingrelian: ქვირი (kviri), ქირი (kiri)
- →⇒? Svan: ლე-ქუ̂ერ (le-kûer, “mill”)

References edit

Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*pkw-il-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 208
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 465
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 434–435
Čuxua, Merab (2007) “*m-kw-il-”, in Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 520, considers Svan ლექუ̂ერ (lekûer) to be inherited