ყჳთელი

Old Georgian

Etymology

Klimov considers this connected with Proto-Kartvelian *q̣wiʒ₁-l- (“liver”) (see ღჳძლი (ɣwiʒli)), referring to jaundice during various types of liver diseases that dramatically increase the yellowish pigmentation of the skin.

Adjective

ყჳთელი • (q̇witeli)

yellow

Descendants

Georgian: ყვითელი (q̇viteli)
→ Mingrelian: ჸვინთელი (ʾvinteli)
→ Svan: ყუ̂ითელ (q̇ûitel)

References

Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ყჳთელი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1312b