Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/sxmarṭl-

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

This root shows considerable dialectal variation. The main difficulty in reconstructing the archetype lies in the initial part of the word (Klimov, 1998), which may appear as a voiced or a voiceless cluster, especially in Georgian and Svan.

Root

*sxmarṭl-

medlar

Descendants

Georgian-Zan:
- Georgian: სხმარტლი (sxmarṭli), ზღმარტლი (zɣmarṭli)
- Mingrelian: ცხუმუნტური (cxumunṭuri), ცხუმუტური (cxumuṭuri), ცქიმუნტური (ckimunṭuri)
- Laz: ცხიმუნტური (cximunṭuri), ცქიმუნტური (ckimunṭuri), სკილიმუნტრი (sḳilimunṭri)
Svan: ჟუნტუ (žunṭu), ზუ̂ნტუ (zûnṭu)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 171
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 377
Starostin, S. A. (2005), “*sxmarṭl-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages