< Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian
Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/gul-
Proto-Kartvelian
Root
*gul-
- heart
- core, center
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: გული (guli)
- Georgian: გული (guli), ⇒ ერთგული (ertguli, “faithful”)
- Zan:
- Laz: გური (guri), გუჲი (guyi), ⇒ ოგურუ (oguru, “to learn”)
- Mingrelian: გური (guri), ⇒ გურიჭითა (gurič̣ita, “robin”, literally “red-breasted”), გურაფა (gurapa, “to learn”)
- Old Georgian: გული (guli)
- Svan: გუ̂ი (gûi), გვი (gvi), გუ (gu)
References
- 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, page 155–156
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 116
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 35