Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/mšwe-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *šew- ~ *šw- (“to give birth”).

Noun

*mšwe-

child

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: პირმშოჲ (ṗirmšoy)
  - Georgian: პირმშო (ṗirmšo)
- Zan:
  - Mingrelian: სქუა (skua)
⇒ Svan: ჷმსგე (əmsge), სკე (sḳe), სგეჲ (sgey), ლიმსგა̈ჲ (limsgäy, “to have a child”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 128
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 325
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 548

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