Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/max-

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

Etymology

See Proto-Kartvelian *za-max-.

Adjective

*max-

new, fresh

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Zan:
  - ⇒? Mingrelian: *ზომხა (*zomxa, “New Year”)
    - → Svan: ზომხა (zomxa)
>? Svan: მახე (maxe), მა̈ხე (mäxe)

References

Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003), “*maxe-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 101
Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003), “*za-maxe-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 148
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*max-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 283