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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ɣiw-
Proto-Kartvelian
Noun
*ɣiw-
- sprout
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Georgian: ღივი (ɣivi), ⇒ ღივება (ɣiveba)
- Zan:
- Mingrelian: ღჷ (ɣə)
- ⇒ Svan: მუღუ̂ა̈ჲ (muɣûäy, “flower”), ლიმღუ̂ა̈ჲე (limɣûäye)
References
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 270
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 487