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Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ɣrma-

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

It is unclear if Proto-Indo-European *h₃ruk-mn̥, whence Ancient Greek ὄρυγμα (órugma, “ditch, trench”), is in some way related to this root.[1]

Root

*ɣrma-

  1. hole, pit

Descendants
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: ინორღომა (inorɣoma, “deepening”), რღომაჯა (rɣomaǯa, “hollow tree”)
  • Laz: ღორმა (ɣorma)
  • Old Georgian: ღრმა (ɣrma, “deep”)
  • →? Old Armenian: խրամ (xram, “ditch”)

Further reading
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 233-234
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 495-496

References
  1. Starostin, S. A. (2005) , “*ɣrma-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages
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