Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/q̇in-

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

*q̇in-

  1. to cool, freeze

Descendants

  • Georgian: და-ყინ-ებ-ა (da-q̇in-eb-a), ყინ-ელ-ი (q̇in-el-i), ყინ-ვ-ა (q̇in-v-a)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ო-ინ-უ (o-in-u), (ყ)ინ-ი ((q)in-i), (ყ)ინ-ერ-ი ((q)in-er-i), ყინ-უფ-ს (qin-up-s)
    • Mingrelian: ჸინ-უ-ა (ʾin-u-a), გო-ჸინ-უ-ა (go-ʾin-u-a), ჸინ-უნ-ს (ʾin-un-s), ჸინ-ი (ʾin-i)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998), Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 243
  • Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 540
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 517