Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳurc₁x-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳwarc₁x-.

Noun edit

*ḳurc₁x-

  1. foot, leg

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: მკჳრცხლი (mḳwircxli, pedastrian, foot soldier)
  • Svan: ჭიშხ (č̣išx, foot, leg), ჭჷშხ (č̣əšx), მჷჭშხი (məč̣šxi, trail blazer, tracker), ლაჭჷშხ (lač̣əšx, step)

References edit

  • Марр, Н. Я. (1912) “Тубал-кайнскiй вкладъ въ сванскомъ”, in Извѣстія Императорской Академіи Наукъ (in Russian), volume 6, page 1094―1095
  • 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, pages 297–298
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 259―260

Further reading edit

  • Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (1985) “Umlauṭis ḳvali kartulši [Traces of umlaut in Georgian]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 120, number 1, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 197―200