ღჳვი

ღჳვი

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

• ღჳ (ɣwi)

Etymology

Either inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣwi- / *ɣwiw-[1][2] or derived from Proto-Armenian *gʷi-, whence գի (gi); for the phonetic development compare *ɣwino-.[3][4][5]

In any case, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European source.[6]

Noun

ღჳვი • (ɣwivi)

1. juniper tree

Descendants

• ⇒ Georgian: ღვია (ɣvia), ღვიო (ɣvio)
  • Bats: ღვიე ხე (ɣvie xe)
• →? Svan: ღუ̂იუ̂ (ɣûiû)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ღჳვი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 464b

References

1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 226―227
2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 486
3. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 554b
4. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 627
5. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 212
6. Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 76―78