< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan
Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/č̣il-
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Proto-Georgian-Zan
Noun
*č̣il-
- nit (egg of louse; young louse)
Descendants
- ⇒ Georgian: ჭილი (č̣ili, “louse”) (obsolete), ჭიჭილა (č̣ič̣ila) (Ksani Valley)
- Zan:
- Laz: მჭკირი (mč̣ḳiri, “nit”)
- Mingrelian: ჭკირი (č̣ḳiri, “nit”)
See also
- *ṭilʿ-
- *ṭis₁-
References
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 377–378
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 669
Further reading
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 321, rather links the root with Georgian წილი (c̣ili)