Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳatx-
Proto-Kartvelian
editNoun
edit*ḳatx(a)-
Descendants
edit- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Svan: კათხ (ḳatx)
References
edit- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 84–85, considers Svan to be borrowed from Georgian
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 116, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian, considers Svan to be inherited from Proto-Kartvelian
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 218, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian, mentions however that Svan is possibly borrowed from Georgian