Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣on-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Kartvelian

Etymology 1

Root

*c̣on-

1. to weigh

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: წონა (c̣ona)
    • Georgian: წონა (c̣ona)
      • → Bats: წონ (c̣on)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ოწონუ (oǯonu), წონუმს (ǯonums)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: წონუა (c̣onua), წონუნს (c̣onuns)
• ⇒ Svan: წჷნ (c̣ən), ლიწნი (lic̣ni), ლიწუ̂ნე (lic̣ûne), ონწონ (onc̣on)

Unsorted borrowings

• →⇒? Old Armenian: ծանր (canr)

References

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 386–387
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 301
• 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, pages 650–561
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 633–634

Etymology 2

Noun

*c̣on-

1. juice

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: წუენი (c̣ueni)
    • Georgian: წვენი (c̣veni), წო̈ნ (c̣ön) (see there for further descendants)
• Svan: წუ̂ე̄ნე (c̣ûēne), წუნე (c̣une)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 634