Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ʒ₁aqw-

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

The Georgian term, unattested in Old Georgian, was recorded in the older form of ძაჴუელი (ʒaqueli) by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani which matches phonetically with Svan. In Georgian the meaning shifted.

Noun

*ʒ₁aqw-

1. birch (Betula)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: *ძაჴუელი (*ʒaqueli, “guelder rose (Viburnum opulus)”)
    • Georgian: ძახველი (ʒaxveli)
• ⇒ Svan: ჟაჴუ̂ა̈რ (žaqûär, “birch (Betula)”), ჟა̈ჴუ̂რა (žäqûra), ჟაჴუ̂ე̄რ (žaqûēr)

References

• Gigineišvili, Bakar (1972) “Kartveluri eṭimologiebi [Kartvelian etymologies]”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), number 3, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 151―152
• Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ძაჴუელი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎^[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 438a
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 284
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 603