Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/q̇wiz₁-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*q̇wiʒ₁-l- (Klimov)

Noun

*q̇wiz₁- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

(anatomy) liver

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: ღჳძლი (ɣwiʒli) (← *ღჳზლი (ɣwizli))
  - Georgian: ღვიძლი (ɣviʒli)
- Zan:
  - Mingrelian: ყვიჟი (q̇viži, “jaundice”), ღვიჟი (ɣviži), ⇒ ყვიჟალი (q̇vižali, “yellowish, unhealthy (of skin); blueish”), ყვიჟილი (q̇vižili)
    - → Middle Georgian: ყვიჟილი (q̇vižili)
Svan: ყუ̂იჟე (q̇ûiže), ყუჟე (q̇uže)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 241–242, derives from *q̇wiʒ₁- (“to raise, wake, be awake”)
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 538–539
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 515–516