Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ḳwes-

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

Root

*ḳwes-

to strike fire

Descendants

⇒ Old Georgian: კუესი (ḳuesi, “firestriker”), კვესება (ḳveseba, “to strike fire”), ნაკვესი (naḳvesi, “spark”)
Zan:
- ⇒ Mingrelian: კვასუა (ḳvasua, “to strike fire”)

References

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 281
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 240
Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*ḳwes₁-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, reconstruction contains a typo