Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/usx-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”) with metathesis.[1][2]

Noun

*usx- [1][2]

sacrificial bull

Descendants

Old Georgian: უსხი (usxi)
Svan: უ̂ისხუ̂ (ûisxû), უსხუ̂აჲ (usxûay), უ̂ისხუ̂ა (ûisxûa)

References

Fenwick, Rhona S. H. (2017), “An Indo-European origin of Kartvelian names for two maloid fruits”, in Asatrian, Garnik S., editors, Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 21, issue 3, Brill, DOI:10.1163/1573384X-20170306, page 4
Klimov, G. A. (1994) Drevnejšije indojevropeizmy kartvelʹskix jazykov [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 64-68

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[Fenwick-1] Fenwick, Rhona S. H. (2017), “An Indo-European origin of Kartvelian names for two maloid fruits”, in Asatrian, Garnik S., editors, Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 21, issue 3, Brill, DOI:10.1163/1573384X-20170306, page 4

[Klimov-2] Klimov, G. A. (1994) Drevnejšije indojevropeizmy kartvelʹskix jazykov [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 64-68