Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/s₁ib-

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

Noun

*s₁ib-

string, cord, drawstring

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Middle Georgian: სიბა (siba, “girdle area, waist”) (obsolete)
- Zan:
  - Laz: შიბი (šibi, “cord, string”)
  - Mingrelian: შიბი (šibi, “chain”)
Svan: შიბ (šib, “drawstring”)

References

Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 303–304, links together Georgian, Laz, Svan
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 383
Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 861, adds Mingrelian