Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/zamax-

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

Reconstruction

Uncertain. Supposedly from *za- (“year, season”) + *max- (“new, fresh”). Attested only in Svan, however a Mingrelian cognate is possibly found through internal reconstruction where ზო (zo) ← Proto-Kartvelian *za- is regular.

Noun

*za-max-

1. New Year

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Zan:
    • >? Mingrelian: *ზომხა (*zomxa)
      • → Svan: ზომხა (zomxa)
• >? Svan: ზა̈ჲმახე (zäymaxe), ზა̈მა̈ხე (zämäxe), ზაჲმახე (zaymaxe), ზა̈ჲმა̈ხე (zäymäxe)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) “*maxe-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 101
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) “*za-maxe-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 148
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*max-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 283