< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan

Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/č̣iḳ-

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

*č̣iḳ-

  1. to cut, carve up

Reconstruction notes

For Georgian ჭ (č̣) ~ Laz ჭ (ç̌) correspondence rather than the expected ჭ (č̣) ~ ჭკ (ç̌ǩ), see *glaǯ-.

Descendants
  • ⇒ Georgian: ჭიკნა (č̣iḳna, “cut, chop up with a blunt knife”) — Imereti, Guria
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ოჭიკონუ (oç̌iǩonu, “carve up chicken; pluck chicken”)

References
  • Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 32 of 17–37
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