Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/asul-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *asulʿ- (Fähnrich-Sarǯvelaʒe, 2000; Fähnrich, 2007)

Noun

*asul- (Klimov, 1998)

1. daughter

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ასული (asuli)
    • Georgian: ასული (asuli)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ოსური (osuri)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ოსური (osuri, “woman, wife”), ოსურსქუა (osurskua, “daughter”)
• Svan: ჰასუ̂იშ (hasûiš), ასუშ (asuš), ასუ̂იშ (asûiš)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 4
• 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 87
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 40-41