Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/c̣q̇aw-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*mc̣q̇aw-

Noun

*c̣q̇a(w)-

cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)

Descendants

Georgian: წყავი (c̣q̇avi)
- → Armenian: ծվաղ (cvał)
- →? Mingrelian: წყეი (c̣q̇ei), წყი (c̣q̇i), წყივი (c̣q̇ivi), წყოვი (c̣q̇ovi), წყოი (c̣q̇oi)
- →? Svan: წყაუ̂ (c̣q̇aû), წყეუ̂ (c̣q̇eû)
Zan:
- ⇒ Laz: მწუ (mc̣u), წუ (c̣u), მწკოლი (mc̣ḳoli), მწკო (mc̣ḳo)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: წყოლი (c̣q̇oli), წყილი (c̣q̇ili)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 304
Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳon [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 141
Марр, Н. Я. (1915), “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). II [Japhetic names of trees and plants (Pluralia tantum). II]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия‎ (in Russian), volume 9, issue 9, page 832