Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/-s

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

Suffix

*-s

dative case marker

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: -ს (-s)
- Zan:
  - Laz: -ს (-s), -ზ (-z), -სო (-so)
  - Mingrelian: -ს (-s), -ც (-c)
Svan: -ს (-s)

References

Климов, Г. А. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 160
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 394–395
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 358