Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/s₁xu-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *(m)s₁xw-il- (Klimov)

Root

*s₁xu- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

1. stout, fat

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Georgian: სხჳლი (sxwili), სხუილი (sxuili)
  • Georgian: მსხვილი (msxvili)
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: განსხუნა (gansxuna)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: ჩხუ (çxu), მჩხუ (mçxu), თიმჩხუ (timçxu), თოლიმჩხუ (tolimçxu)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: შხუ (šxu), მაშხვა (mašxva), შხუ-შხუ (šxu-šxu), მოშხვე (mošxve)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*ms₁xwil-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 137
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*(m)s₁xw-il-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 125–126
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*s₁xu-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 426
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*s₁xu-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 389

Further reading

• Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 800, derive Ancient Greek ἰσχύς (iskhús) from this root