< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan

Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/č̣erel-

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

Etymology

From *č̣er- (“to be multicolored, variegated”) +‎ Proto-Kartvelian *-el.

Adjective

*č̣er-el-

  1. multicolored, variegated

Descendants
  • 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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