Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/cxaml-
Proto-Kartvelian
editAlternative reconstructions
edit- *cxom- (Fähnrich)
Noun
edit*cxaml- (Čuxua)
Descendants
edit- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Svan: ცხუ̂ი (cxûi, “arrow; stinger”), ცხუ (cxu) (← *ცხუმუ̂- (*cxumû-) ← *ცხამუ̂- (*cxamû-))
See also
editReferences
edit- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 343
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 567
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
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 268