Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳac₁-

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

*ḳac₁-

1. man, male
2. husband

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: კაცი (ḳaci)
    • Georgian: კაცი (ḳaci)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: კოჩი (ǩoçi)
    • Mingrelian: კოჩი (ḳoči)
• Svan: ჭაშ (č̣aš), ჭა̈შ (č̣äš)

References

• Марр, Н. Я. (1912) “Тубал-кайнскiй вкладъ въ сванскомъ”, in Извѣстія Императорской Академіи Наукъ (in Russian), volume 6, page 1094
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 265
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 224
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 86