Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/s₁wan-

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

*s₁wan-

1. Svan (person)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: სუანი (suani)
    • ⇒ Georgian: სვანი (svani, “Svan person”), სვანური (svanuri, “Svan”, adjective), სვანეთი (svaneti, “Svaneti”)
    • → Old Armenian: Սւան-ք pl (Swan-kʻ)
    • → Middle Armenian: Սոն-ք pl (Son-kʻ)
    • → Ancient Greek: Σοάνες pl (Soánes)
    • → Latin: Suānī pl
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: შონი (šoni, “Svan person”), შონური (šonuri, “Svan”, adjective), შონე(თი) (šone(ti), “Svaneti”)
• ⇒ Svan: შუ̂ა̈ნ (šûän, “Svaneti”), მუშუ̂ა̈ნ (mušûän, “Svan person”), შუ̂ანა̈რ (šûanär, “Svan people”), ლუშნუ (lušnu, “Svan”, adjective)

See also

• *kart-
• *egr-

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 179
• 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 418
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 381

Further reading

• Hewsen, Robert H. (1992) The Geography of Ananias of Širak (Ašxarhac‘oyc‘): the long and the short recensions. Introduction, translation and commentary (Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients. Reihe B (Geisteswissenschaften); 77)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 111