Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/s₁us₁xam-

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

Adjective

*s₁us₁xam-

early

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Georgian: სისხამი (sisxami, “early”)
Svan: შუშხუ̂ა̈მ (šušxûäm, “New Year's Eve”), ჲეშხუ̂ამ (yešxûam), შუშხუ̂ამ (šušxûam)

References

Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 311
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill