Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/s₁ib-

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

*s₁ib-

1. string, cord, drawstring

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Middle Georgian: სიბა (siba, “girdle area, waist”) (obsolete)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: შიბი (şibi, “cord, string”)
• Svan: შიბ (šib, “drawstring”)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 303–304, links together Georgian, Laz, Svan
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 383

Further reading

• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 861, links with Mingrelian შიბი (šibi, “chain”) which is unrelated