Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/čxartw-
Proto-Kartvelian
editNoun
edit*čxartw-
Descendants
edit- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Svan: ჩხურუშტ (čxurušṭ), ჩხჷრჷშტ (čxərəšṭ), ჩხჷრუშთ (čxərušt), ჩხჷრიშთ (čxərišt), ჩხირუ̂შთ (čxirûšt)
References
edit- 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 569
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 547
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 259, completely confused the species with magpie, mentioning how Georgian კაჭკაჭი (ḳač̣ḳač̣i, “magpie”) must be an innovation as opposed to ჩხართვი (čxartvi)