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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

Noun

*q̇wiz₁- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

  1. (anatomy) liver

Descendants
  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • ⇒ Old Georgian: ღჳძლი (ɣwiʒli) (← *ღჳზლი (ɣwizli))
    • Zan:
      • ⇒? Mingrelian: ყვიჟალი (q̇vižali, “dark violet”), *ყვიჟილ- (*q̇vižil-)
        • → Georgian: ყვიჟილი (q̇vižili)
  • Svan: ყუ̂იჟე (q̇ûiže)

References
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 241–242, derives from *q̇wiʒ₁- (“to raise, wake, be awake”)
  • 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, pages 538–539
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 515–516

Further reading
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 23
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