< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan

Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/werc₁xl-

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

Noun

*we(r)c₁xl-

  1. silver

Descendants
  • Old Georgian: ვეცხლი (vecxli), ვერცხლი (vercxli)
    • Georgian: ვერცხლი (vercxli)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: წარი-ბაჩხურ-ი (ǯari-baçxur-i, “silver spring”, hydronym)
    • Mingrelian: ვარჩხილი (varčxili)
      • → Svan: უ̂არჩხილ (ûarčxil, “silver; coin”)

References
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 52, rejecting comparisons to Northeast Caucasian and Proto-Indo-European
  • 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 200
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 160
  • Aleksiši, Irpan Čaɣatai (2010) “Hidronim „c̣aribačxuris“ eṭimologiisatvis [Etymology of Hydronym "c̣aribačxuri"]”, in Kartveluri Onomasṭiḳa (in Georgian), volume IV, Tbilisi: Universali, pages 82–87
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