Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c₁er-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c₁er-

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

*c₁er-

1. thumb

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ცერი (ceri)
    • Georgian: ცერი (ceri)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ჩანჯი (čanǯi), ჩანჯიკითი (čanǯiḳiti), ჩანჯკითი (čanǯḳiti), ჩანიკითი (čaniḳiti), ჩანკითი (čanḳiti)
• >? Svan: ჩე̄რი (čēri, “spindle; kneecap”)

See also

• *ḳit-
• *neḳ(u)-

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 271
• 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 594–595
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 575