Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/c̣₁itel-

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

Etymology

*c̣₁it- (“to redden, become red”) +‎ *-el

Adjective

*c̣₁it-el-

red

Descendants

Old Georgian: წითელი (c̣iteli)
- Georgian: წითელი (c̣iteli)
Zan:
- Laz: მჭითა (mç̌ita), ჭითა (ç̌ita)
- Mingrelian: ჭითა (č̣ita)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 653
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 669
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 313

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