Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/c̣₁wim-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan 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-Georgian-Zan

Root

*c̣₁wim-

1. to rain

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Georgian: წუიმს (c̣uims)
  • Old Georgian: წვიმს (c̣vims)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: მჭიმს (mç̌ims)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: ჭვინს (č̣vins)

Derived terms

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *c̣₁wim-a- (“rain”)
  • Old Georgian: წჳმაჲ (c̣wimay), წუმაჲ (c̣umay)
    • Georgian: წვიმა (c̣vima)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ჭიმა (ç̌ima), მჭვიმა (mç̌vima), ჭვიმა (ç̌vima), მჭიმა (mç̌ima)
    • Mingrelian: ჭვიმა (č̣vima), ჭვემა (č̣vema)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*c̣₁wim-, *c̣₁wim-a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 312
• 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 667–668
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 652