Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/c̣₁wim-

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

*c̣₁wim-

to rain

Descendants

⇒ Old Georgian: წუიმს (c̣uims)
- Old Georgian: წვიმს (c̣vims)
Zan:
- ⇒ Laz: მჭიმს (mç̌ims)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: ჭვინს (č̣vins)

Derived terms

⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *c̣₁wim-a- (“rain”)
- Old Georgian: წჳმაჲ (c̣wimay), წუმაჲ (c̣umay)
  - Georgian: წვიმა (c̣vima)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ჭიმა (ç̌ima), მჭვიმა (mç̌vima), ჭვიმა (ç̌vima), მჭიმა (mç̌ima)
  - Mingrelian: ჭვიმა (č̣vima), ჭვემა (č̣vema)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*c̣₁wim-, *c̣₁wim-a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 312
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, pages 667–668
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 652

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