მუხაჲ
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Old Georgian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Northeast Caucasian language: compare Avar микк (mikk), Bats მუხ (mux), Hunzib мугь (muh), Dargwa миг (mig), Kryts мегь (meh), Udi маъхна ход (ma̱χna χod), Tsakhur мухъ (muq).[1]
Displaced the native term, *წყანი (*c̣q̇ani), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁q̇an-.
Noun
[edit]მუხაჲ • (muxay)
Descendants
[edit]- Georgian: მუხა (muxa)
References
[edit]- ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 213
Further reading
[edit]- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მუხაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 302