Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/werc₁xl-

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

Noun

*we(r)c₁xl-

silver

Descendants

Old Georgian: ვეცხლი (vecxli), ვერცხლი (vercxli)
- Georgian: ვერცხლი (vercxli)
Zan:
- Mingrelian: ვარჩხილი (varčxili)
  - → Svan: უ̂არჩხილ (ûarčxil, “silver; coin”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 52, rejecting comparisons to Northeast Caucasian and Proto-Indo-European
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, page 200
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 160