Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/gul-

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

Root

*gul-

1. heart
2. core, center

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: გული (guli)
    • Georgian: გული (guli), ⇒ ერთგული (ertguli, “faithful”)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: გური (guri), გუჲი (guyi) — Alternative spelling, ⇒ ოგურუ (oguru, “to learn”)
    • Mingrelian: გური (guri), ⇒ გურიჭითა (gurič̣ita, “robin”, literally “red-breasted”), გურაფა (gurapa, “to learn”)
• Svan: გუ̂ი (gûi), გვი (gvi), გუ (gu)

References

• 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 155–156
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 116
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 35