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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ɣer-

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

*ɣer-

  1. stem, stalk

Reconstruction notes

Klimov connects here Laz ღანჯი (ğanci, “leg, thigh, calf of leg”),[1] however this is rejected by Fähnrich-Sarǯvelaʒe and Čuxua.[2][3][4] Čuxua adds Mingrelian აღაჯა ← *ო-ღაჯ-ა (aɣaǯa ← *o-ɣaǯ-a, “main beam of roof”).[4]

Descendants
  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: ღერი (ɣeri)
      • Georgian: ღერო (ɣero, “stem, stalk, tree trunk”), ღერი (ɣeri)
        • → Armenian: ղեր (ġer)
        • → Bats: ღერო̂ (ɣerô)
        • → Laz: ღერი (ğeri)
          • → Turkish: ğeri (Hamshen)
        • → Mingrelian: ღერი (ɣeri)
    • Zan:
      • ⇒ Mingrelian: აღაჯა (aɣaǯa, “main beam of roof”)
  • Svan: ღე̄რ (ɣēr, “stem, stalk”)

References
  1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 223
  2. 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 506
  3. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 482
  4. Čuxua, Merab (2009) “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 233 of 227–250

Further reading
  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 154–155
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