Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/q̇wed-

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

Root

*q̇wed-

to calm, quiet

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan: *q̇ud-
- Old Georgian:
  - ⇒ დაყუდებაჲ (daq̇udebay, “calming, quieting”)
  - ⇒ საყუდარი (saq̇udari, “abode, dwelling”)
  - ⇒ საყუდელი (saq̇udeli, “abode, dwelling”)
  - ⇒ ყუდროჲ (q̇udroy, “sheltered place; quiet, calm, tranquil”)
  - ⇒ ყუდროებაჲ (q̇udroebay, “tranquillity”)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ჸუდე (ʾude, “house”)
⇒ Svan: ყუ̂ე̄დი (q̇ûēdi) (quiet, calm, tranquil)

References

Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳon [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 22
Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*q̇ud-, *q̇ud-e”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 245–246, reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇ud- without the connection to Svan term
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*q̇wed-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 535–536
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*q̇wed-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 513