Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/č̣er-

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

Root

*č̣er-

to be multicolored, variegated

Descendants

⇒ Georgian: (Tusheti, Pshavi, Khevsureti) ჭერამა (č̣erama), (Guria) ჭერამაი (č̣eramai), (Chveneburi) ჭერემაი (č̣eremai), (Racha) ჭემარო (č̣emaro)
- → Svan: ჭერამ (č̣eram), ჭჷრემ (č̣ərem)

Derived terms

⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *č̣er-el-
- Old Georgian: ჭრელი (č̣reli), ⇒ ჭრელ-ჭრელი (č̣rel-č̣reli), ჭრელა-ჭრულა (č̣rela-č̣rula)
  - Georgian: ჭრელი (č̣reli)
    - → Armenian: ճռել (čṙel), ճրել (črel) — Tbilisi
    - → Svan: ჭჷრელ (č̣ərel)
    - → Turkish: çiril
- Zan:
  - Mingrelian: ჭკარჷ (č̣ḳarə) (← *ჭკარუ (*č̣ḳaru)), ⇒ ჭკარუ-ჭკარუ (č̣ḳaru-č̣ḳaru), ჭკარჭკუნტია (č̣ḳarč̣ḳunṭia), ჭკარჭკანტია (č̣ḳarč̣ḳanṭia)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 667
Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, page 110 of 79–113

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