Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/kwas-

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

*kwas-

1. to sweep, clean

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ო-ქოს-უ (o-kos-u), ქოს-უმ-ს (kos-um-s)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ქოს-უ-ა (kos-u-a), ქოს-უნ-ს (kos-un-s)
• ⇒ Svan: ქუ̂ას-ი (kûas-i), ლი-ქუ̂ა̄ს-ე (li-kûās-e), ა-ქუ̂ა̄ს-ე (a-kûās-e)

References

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 332–333
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 463–464
• Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, pages 531–532