Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/pšwen-

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

Root

*pšw-en- : pšw-n-

1. to crumble, strip

Reconstruction notes

Svan is basically a regular correspondence, however its alternative forms that contain -შ- (-š-) rather than -ს- (-s-) require clarification as typically one would expect სგუ̂ ← *შგუ̂ ← *šw- (sgû ← *šgû ← *šw-) in accordance with Gamq̇reliʒe's law. The same applies to the Laz descendant where one would expect სქ (sk) rather than შქ (şk).

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: ფშვნა (pšvna)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ოფუშქონუ (opuşkonu), ოფუშონუ (opuşonu)
• ⇒ Svan: ლიფურსგუ̂ი̄ნე (lipursgûīne), ლიფურშგუ̂ი̄ნე (lipuršgûīne), ფურშკუ̂ინ (puršḳûin)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 209
• 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 479
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 450
• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 29 of 17–37, adds Laz

Further reading

• Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz (1959) Giorgi C̣ereteli, editor, Sibilanṭta šesaṭq̇visobani da kartvelur enata uʒvelesi sṭrukṭuris zogi saḳitxi [Sibilant correspondences and some problems of the oldest structure of the Kartvelian languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis gamomcemloba, pages 1–86
• Ḳarṭozia, Guram (1984) “Sibilanṭta šesaṭq̇visobis darɣvevata axsnisatvis kartvelur enebši [Toward an explanation of disturbances of the sibilant correspondences in Kartvelian languages]”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), number 2, Tbilisi, pages 130–144
• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2022) “Ḳidev ertxel „gamq̇reliʒis c̣esis“ šesaxeb [Once again about Gamq̇reliʒe's law]”, in Arnold čikobavas saḳitxavebi (in Georgian), volume XXXIII, Tbilisi, pages 28–35