Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/wašl-

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

*wašl-

1. apple

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ვაშლი (vašli)
    • Georgian: ვაშლი (vašli)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ოშქური (oşkuri), უშქური (uşkuri)
    • Mingrelian: უშქური (uškuri)
• Svan: უ̂ისგუ̂ (ûisgû), უ̂ისკ (ûisḳ), უ̂ისგ (ûisg), უსგუ̂ (usgû), უ̂ისკუ̂ (ûisḳû)

Further reading

• Mač̣avariani, Givi (1956) “A xmovnis labializaciis šemtxvevebi svanurši [Cases of labialization of the vowel a in Svan]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi, page 365―368

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 50
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 156