Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/pekw-

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

*pek(w)- : *pk(w)-

1. to grind

Derived terms

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *pkw-il- (“flour”)
  • Old Georgian: ფქვილი (pkvili)
    • Georgian: ფქვილი (pkvili)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: მქვერი (mkveri), მჩვერი (mçveri); მქირი (mkiri), მქიი (mkii), მქიჲი (mkiyi), მქვირი (mkviri), ქირი (kiri)
    • Mingrelian: ქვირი (kviri), ქირი (kiri)
    • →⇒? Svan: ლე-ქუ̂ერ (le-kûer, “mill”)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: ფქვა (pkva, “to grind, mill”), მფქველი (mpkveli, “millstone, grinder, miller”)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ო-მქ-უ, ო-მქვინ-უ (o-mk-u, o-mkvin-u)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ქუალა (kuala, “to grind, mill”)
• Svan: ფექ (pek, “flour”), ⇒ ლაფა̈ქ (lapäk, “flour chest”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 201
• 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, page 465
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 434–435