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Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ḳwes-

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

*ḳwes-

  1. to strike fire

Descendants
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: კუესი (ḳuesi, “firestriker”), კვესება (ḳveseba, “to strike fire”), ნაკვესი (naḳvesi, “spark”)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: კვასუა (ḳvasua, “to strike fire”)

References
  • 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 281
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 240

Further reading
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ḳwes₁-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 94, reconstruction contains a typo
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