Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/šol-

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

*šolt- (Čuxua, 2003)

Etymology

Čuxua compares Chechen шад (šad), Ingush шод (šod), Bats შვეტ (šveṭ, “whip”).

Noun

*šol- (Fähnrich)

whip (clarification of this definition is needed)

Descendants

⇒ Old Georgian: შოლტი (šolṭi) (see there for further descendants)
Zan:
- ⇒ Mingrelian: შქვერთი (škverti), შქორთი (škorti)

References

Rogava, Giorgi (1962) Kartvelur enata isṭoriuli poneṭiḳis saḳitxebi. I [Problems in the historical phonetics of the Kartvelian languages. I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademia, page 98
Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 308
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 533
Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 573

Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 612 of 575–632, tentatively compares Georgian შოლტი (šolṭi, “whip”) with Chechen шаьлта (šälta, “dagger”), Ingush шалта (šalta), Bats შალთ (šalt)