ვერხჳ
Old Georgian
Alternative forms
- ვერხუი (verxui)
Etymology
Fähnrich reconstruct Proto-Kartvelian *werxw-, listing Svan ჲერხუ̂ (yerxû) and Mingrelian ვეხი (vexi) as cognates. However, Klimov considers the Svan word to be borrowed from Georgian, hence his reconstruction is for the Proto-Georgian-Zan stage.
Noun
ვერხჳ • (verxwi)
- asp, aspen, asps
Descendants
- Georgian: ვერხვი (verxvi)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 52
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 201
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 161
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ვერხჳ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 157