Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ḳerčx-

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

Noun

*ḳerčx- or *ḳenčx-

1. maple (Acer)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Georgian: ნეკერჩხალი (neḳerčxali), ლეკენჩხალი (leḳenčxali), ლეკონჩხალი (leḳončxali); ნაკენჩხალი (naḳenčxali), მეკენჩხალი (meḳenčxali); ნაკო̈ნჩხალ (naḳönčxal), ნო̈კო̈რჩხალ (nöḳörčxal), ნო̈კო̈ნჭალ (nöḳönč̣al), ნაკო̈ნჭალ (naḳönč̣al), ნაკენჭალ (naḳenč̣al), ნაკო̈რჩხალ (naḳörčxal)
    • → Mingrelian: მეკენჩხალი (meḳenčxali)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ლაკინჩხა (laḳinčxa), ლაკიჩხა (laḳičxa), ლაკუჩხა (laḳučxa)
• ⇒ Svan: ბიკენჩხა̈ლ (biḳenčxäl), ბეკენჩხალ (beḳenčxal), ბიკენჩხალ (biḳenčxal), ბიკუნჩხალ (biḳunčxal), ბიკჷნჩხალ (biḳənčxal), ბიკინჩხა̈ლ (biḳinčxäl); ბეკიანჩ (beḳianč)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 140, reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan ne-ḳerčxa- without the connection to Svan
• 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 356
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 230, considers Svan ბი- (bi-) to be a seperate prefix from Georgian ნე- (ne-), Mingrelian ლა- (la-); for more on this supposed prefix see Fähnrich 2009 below
• Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 438, considers Svan ბი- (bi-), Georgian ნე- (ne-), Mingrelian ლა- (la-) prefixes to be related

Further reading

• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc (2009) “Zogierti kartveluri leksiḳuri erteulisatvis [About some Kartvelian Lexical Units]”, in Enatmecnierebis saḳitxebi (in Georgian), volumes I–II, Tbilisi: Tbilisis universiṭeṭis gamomcemloba, page 107 of 107–110
• Melikišvili, Irine (1975) “E > i ṗrocesi zanur dialekṭebši da xmovanta šesaṭq̇visobis erti darɣveva kartvelur enebši [E > i process in Zan dialects and the disturbance of vowel correspondences in the Kartvelian languages]”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 122―128