Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/q̇uru-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan 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-Georgian-Zan

Etymology

*q̇ur- (“ear”) +‎ *-u

Adjective

*q̇ur-u-

1. deaf

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ყრუ (q̇ru), ყრუჲ (q̇ruy)
  • Georgian: ყრუ (q̇ru)
  • → Bats: ყურუჼ (q̇urũ)
  • → Svan: ყუ̂რიუ̂ (q̇ûriû), ყრუუ̂ (q̇ruû)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ჸურუ (ʾuru, “deaf, dumb, silly”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 247
• 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, pages 544–545
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 522