ინჩაჴუ

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ḳelauraʒe on the basis of ინჩაჴუ (inčaqu, “crop, craw”), Georgian ხვანჩი (xvanči, “Adam's apple”), Mingrelian ხონჩი (xonči, “Adam's apple”), Svan ჴუ̂ა̈ნჩ (qûänč, “crop, craw”) reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *qwanč-.[1] In Mingrelian and Svan the expected *ჩქ (*čk) (← *ჩ (*č)) consonant cluster didn't develop probably due to the presence of ჴ (q) in the stem.

Old Georgian ჩაჴჳ (čaqwi) must be a metathesized form related to this family of words too.

Noun

ინჩაჴუ • (inčaqu)

  1. (anatomy) crop, craw

Descendants
  • ⇒? Georgian: ჩიჩახვი (čičaxvi), ჩინჩახვი (činčaxvi), ჩიჩაყვი (čičaq̇vi)
    • → Svan: ჩინჩა̈ხუ̂ (činčäxû), ჩიჩა̈ხუ̂ (čičäxû), ჩინჩაყუ̂ (činčaq̇û), ჩინჩა̈ყუ̂ (činčäq̇û)

References
  1. Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2013) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [Additional Material for Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume X, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 23 of 3–26

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ინჩაჴუ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 189a
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