Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/eks₁w-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed terms 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

**Proto-Kartvelian cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : *eks₁w-

Etymology

From a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs, with metathesis.

Numeral

*eks₁w-

six

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ექუსი (ekusi)
  - Georgian: ექვსი (ekvsi), ო̈ქს (öks); ექსი (eksi)
- Zan:
  - Laz: აში (aşi), ანში (anşi)
  - Mingrelian: ამშვი (amšvi)
Svan: უსგუ̂ა (usgûa), უსკუ̂ა (usḳûa)

References

Климов, Г. А. (1967), “Заимствованные числительные в общекартвельском? [Borrowed numerals in Common Kartvelian?]”, in Этимология‎ (in Russian), issue 1965, Moscow, pages 307–310
Климов, Г. А. (1977), “Картвельское *otxo- ‘четыре’ ~ индоевропейское *ok̂to- [Kartvelian *otxo- ‘four’ ~ Indo-European *ok̂to-]”, in Этимология‎ (in Russian), issue 1975, Moscow, pages 162–163
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 48
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 192–193
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 151–152