Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ḳuṭ-

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

Noun

*ḳuṭ-

(boy) penis

Reconstruction notes

According to Klimov, here also belongs Svan კოტო̄ლ (ḳoṭōl, “little; few”), however this is discarded by Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe. Čuxua derives the Svan word from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳwaṭ-, whence also Mingrelian კვეტე (ḳveṭe).

Descendants

⇒ Georgian: კუტუ (ḳuṭu, “penis”), კუტა (ḳuṭa, “boy”)
Zan:
- ⇒ Laz: კუტუ (ǩuťu)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: კუტუ (ḳuṭu)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ḳuṭu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 105
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ḳuṭ-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 260
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ḳuṭ-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 298–299
Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, pages 86–87