< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan

Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/šwil-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Georgian-Zan

Etymology

Participial form of Proto-Kartvelian *šew- ~ *šw- (“to give birth”). In some Old Georgian pieces, შჳლი (šwili) is attested from weakening ვ (v). The Zan forms regularly correspond to Georgian, although the original ვ (v) there is lost and an irregular change k < ḳ has taken place.

Noun

*šwil-

  1. child
  2. newborn

Descendants
  • Mingrelian: სქჷლედი (skəledi, “creature”)
  • Laz: სქირი (skiri), სკირი (sḳiri)
  • Old Georgian: შვილი (švili), შჳლი (šwili)

References
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 251
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 525
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 548
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