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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/mc̣₁er-

 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 *m- +‎ *c̣₁er- (“to scratch”).

Noun edit

*m-c̣₁er-

  1. fly (insect)

Reconstruction notes edit

In Svan the expected ჭ ← *c̣₁ (č̣ ← *c̣₁) was lost which is apparently compensated by the vowel length. Other descendants are regular.

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Riabinin, Michel (1898) “Notes de lexicographie géorgienne. Examen du matériel emprunté”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris‎[1] (in French), volume X, page 21
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 131
  • 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 663–664
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 648–649
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