Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/qal-
Proto-Kartvelian
editNoun
edit*qal-
- some unit of length, possibly the length of outstretched arm
Reconstruction notes
editIt's possible this word simply meant "hand", "arm", see *qe(l)- for more.
Descendants
edit- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Zan:
- Laz: ხოლი (xoli, “length of body from shoulder to elbow”)
- Zan:
- Svan: ჴა̈ლ (qäl, “the length of two outstretched arms”), ჴალ (qal)
References
edit- Čuxua, Merab (2009) “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 233–234 of 227–250