Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/rum-

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

*rum-

to get dark

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: მრუმჱ (mrumē, “dark”)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: ორუმე (orume, “pit, hole”)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: რუმე (rume, “dark”), რუმუა (rumua, “to get dark”), ორუმე (orume, “prison; pit, hole”)
⇒ Svan: ლირმი (lirmi, “to imprison, arrest”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 160
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 389
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 352–353
Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014), “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, pages 26–27, Mingrelian and Laz ორომე (orome) probably don't belong here because they're seemingly contaminated with another word (ორმო (ormo)?). If they however are archaisms, then *ram- or *rom- must be reconstructed instead, meaning Old Georgian is borrowed from Zan