Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣₁am-
Proto-Kartvelian
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edit*c̣₁am-
Descendants
edit- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: სა-წმ-ის-ი (sa-c̣m-is-i, “fleece, wool”) (← *სა-წამ-ის-ი (*sa-c̣am-is-i))
- Georgian: საწმისი (sac̣misi)
- Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: სა-წმ-ის-ი (sa-c̣m-is-i, “fleece, wool”) (← *სა-წამ-ის-ი (*sa-c̣am-is-i))
- Svan: ჭი̄მა (č̣īma, “pubic hair”), ჭიმა (č̣ima) (← *ჭუმა (*č̣uma))
- Unsorted borrowings
- → Old Armenian: ծամ (cam)
References
edit- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 380–381
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 644
Further reading
edit- Mač̣avariani, Givi (1956) “A xmovnis labializaciis šemtxvevebi svanurši [Cases of labialization of the vowel a in Svan]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi, page 365―368
Etymology 2
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Noun
edit*c̣₁am-
- Alternative reconstruction of *Lam-