Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳerčx-
Proto-Kartvelian
editNoun
edit*ḳerčx- or *ḳenčx-
Descendants
edit- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ნეკერჩხალი (neḳerčxali), ლეკენჩხალი (leḳenčxali), ლეკონჩხალი (leḳončxali) — Guria; ნაკენჩხალი (naḳenčxali), მეკენჩხალი (meḳenčxali) — Imereti; ნაკო̈ნჩხალ (naḳönčxal), ნო̈კო̈რჩხალ (nöḳörčxal), ნო̈კო̈ნჭალ (nöḳönč̣al), ნაკო̈ნჭალ (naḳönč̣al), ნაკენჭალ (naḳenč̣al), ნაკო̈რჩხალ (naḳörčxal) — Ingilo
- → Mingrelian: მეკენჩხალი (meḳenčxali)
- Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ნეკერჩხალი (neḳerčxali), ლეკენჩხალი (leḳenčxali), ლეკონჩხალი (leḳončxali) — Guria; ნაკენჩხალი (naḳenčxali), მეკენჩხალი (meḳenčxali) — Imereti; ნაკო̈ნჩხალ (naḳönčxal), ნო̈კო̈რჩხალ (nöḳörčxal), ნო̈კო̈ნჭალ (nöḳönč̣al), ნაკო̈ნჭალ (naḳönč̣al), ნაკენჭალ (naḳenč̣al), ნაკო̈რჩხალ (naḳörčxal) — Ingilo
- ⇒ Svan: ბიკენჩხა̈ლ (biḳenčxäl), ბეკენჩხალ (beḳenčxal), ბიკენჩხალ (biḳenčxal), ბიკუნჩხალ (biḳunčxal), ბიკჷნჩხალ (biḳənčxal), ბიკინჩხა̈ლ (biḳinčxäl) — Lashkhi; ბეკიანჩ (beḳianč) — Cholur
References
edit- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 140, reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan ne-ḳerčxa- without the connection to Svan
- 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 356
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 230, considers Svan ბი- (bi-) to be a seperate prefix from Georgian ნე- (ne-), Mingrelian ლა- (la-); for more on this supposed prefix see Fähnrich 2009 below
- Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 438, considers Svan ბი- (bi-), Georgian ნე- (ne-), Mingrelian ლა- (la-) prefixes to be related
Further reading
edit- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc (2009) “Zogierti kartveluri leksiḳuri erteulisatvis [About some Kartvelian Lexical Units]”, in Enatmecnierebis saḳitxebi (in Georgian), volumes I–II, Tbilisi: Tbilisis universiṭeṭis gamomcemloba, page 107 of 107–110
- Melikišvili, Irine (1975) “E > i ṗrocesi zanur dialekṭebši da xmovanta šesaṭq̇visobis erti darɣveva kartvelur enebši [E > i process in Zan dialects and the disturbance of vowel correspondences in the Kartvelian languages]”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 122―128