Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ʒacxw-

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

Noun

*ʒacxw-

1. lime tree, linden

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ცაცხჳ (cacxwi)
    • Georgian: ცაცხვი (cacxvi)
      • → Bats: ცაცხო̂ (cacxô)
      • → Mingrelian: ცხაცხუ (cxacxu), ცხაცხვი (cxacxvi), ცაცხუ (cacxu)
      • → Svan: ცა̈ცხუ̂ (cäcxû)
  • Zan: *ducxw- ~ *cucxw-
    • Laz: დუცხუ (duʒxu), მდუცხუ (mduʒxu); დიცხუ (diʒxu)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: დუცხუნა (ducxuna, toponym), ცუცხვათი (cucxvati, toponym)
• ⇒ Svan: ზა̈სხუ̂ (zäsxû), ზესხ (zesx), ზესხრა (zesxra)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 278
• 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, page 610
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 589
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 788

Further reading

• 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 140–141
• Gudava, Ṭogo (1960) “O-s u-ši gadasvlis zogierti šemtxveva zanur (megrul-č̣anur) enaši [Some cases of transition of o into u in Zan (Mingrelian-Chan) language]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 25, number 1, Tbilisi, page 119―122
• Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Kommissionsverlag Franz Steiner GmbH, page 148