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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳwer-
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Proto-Kartvelian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
*ḳwer-
- crow
Reconstruction notes
Affrication of word-initial *ḳ is regular for Svan, compare: ჭაშ (č̣aš, “husband”) ← Proto-Kartvelian *ḳac₁- (“male”), ჭიშხ (č̣išx) ← Proto-Kartvelian *ḳurc₁x- (“foot”).
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒? Georgian: კვირიონი (ḳvirioni, “European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)”)
- Zan:
- ⇒ Laz: ყვარი (q̇vari)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: კვარია (ḳvaria), ყვარია (q̇varia), ჸვარია (ʾvaria)
- Svan: ჭუ̂ე̄რ (č̣ûēr)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 93
- Čuxua, Merab (2009), “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), issue 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 229
Further reading
- Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳon [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 121
- Климов, Г. А. (1964), “*q̇wa-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 209–210