ცაცხჳ

ცაცხჳ

Old Georgian

Etymology

By regressive assimilation from *ძაცხჳ (*ʒacxwi), from Proto-Kartvelian *ʒacxw-.

Noun

ცაცხჳ • (cacxwi)

1. lime tree, linden

Descendants

• Georgian: ცაცხვი (cacxvi)
  • → Bats: ცაცხო̂ (cacxô)
  • → Mingrelian: ცხაცხუ (cxacxu), ცხაცხვი (cxacxvi), ცაცხუ (cacxu)
  • → Svan: ცა̈ცხუ̂ (cäcxû)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ცაცხჳ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 514b, glossed as populus alba