< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan
Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/mec̣₁rxal-
Proto-Georgian-Zan
Etymology
*me- + *c̣₁irx-/ *rc̣₁ix- (“to chirp”) + -al. In Georgian წ > ც (c̣ > c) change occurred due to the onomatopoeic nature of the root.
Noun
*me-c̣₁rx-al-
- swallow (bird)
Descendants
- Old Georgian: მერცხალი (mercxali)
- Georgian: მერცხალი (mercxali)
- Zan:
- Mingrelian: მაჭირხოლი (mač̣irxoli), მაჭჷრხოლი (mač̣ərxoli), მარჭიხოლი (marč̣ixoli)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 121
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 354―355