Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣₁ero-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣₁ero-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Noun

*c̣₁ero-

1. crane (Grus spp.)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: მწეროჲ (mc̣eroy)
    • Georgian: წერო (c̣ero)
      • → Bats: წჵერაჼ (c̣ōerã), წჵვერაჼ (c̣ōverã)
      • → Mingrelian: წერო (c̣ero), ნწერო (nc̣ero)
      • → Svan: წა̈̄რუ̂ (c̣ǟrû), წა̈̄უ̂რ (c̣ǟûr)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: *ჭარო (*č̣aro)
      • → Middle Georgian: ჭარო (č̣aro, literally “looks similar to hawk, sits down on trees, grabs fish and eats it”) (obsolete)
      • →? Old Georgian: ჭაჰრი (č̣ahri)
• Svan: ჭო̈̄რ (č̣ȫr, “stork (Ciconia spp.)”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 309, reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan without the connection to Svan
• Čuxua, Merab (2009), “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), issue 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 229, adds the Svan word

Further reading

• Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 162–163, follows Rogava and considers this root to have been borrowed from an Proto-Indo-European source. According to him such a borrowing would speak in favour of Gamkrelidze-Ivanov's *k'er- reconstruction, rather than the traditional *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely; crane”)