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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/čxartw-
Proto-Kartvelian
Noun
*čxartw-
- mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Georgian: ჩხართვი (čxartvi), ჩხარტი (čxarṭi), ჩხარტა (čxarṭa)
- → Bats: ჯღართ (ǯɣart)
- Georgian: ჩხართვი (čxartvi), ჩხარტი (čxarṭi), ჩხარტა (čxarṭa)
- Svan: ჩხურუშტ (čxurušṭ), ჩხჷრჷშტ (čxərəšṭ), ჩხჷრუშთ (čxərušt), ჩხჷრიშთ (čxərišt), ჩხირუ̂შთ (čxirûšt)
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 547
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 259, confused the species with magpie