Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/q̇arq̇anṭ-

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

*q̇arq̇anṭ-

gullet, throat

Reconstruction notes

Note also Georgian ყრონტი (q̇ronṭi) and Svan ყანყრა̈ტ (q̇anq̇räṭ), ყარყანდ (q̇arq̇and), ყჷყრჷნტ (q̇əq̇rənṭ), ყჷრყი̄ნჯ (q̇ərq̇īnǯ), ყჷყრი̄ნჯ (q̇əq̇rīnǯ), ყჷყრჷ̄ნჯ (q̇əq̇rə̄nǯ).

Descendants

Georgian: ყარყანტო (q̇arq̇anṭo), ყანყრატო (q̇anq̇raṭo); ყანყლანტო (q̇anq̇lanṭo)
Zan:
- Laz: ყირყინტი (qirqinťi)
  - → Georgian: ყირყინტი (q̇irq̇inṭi) — Adjara
- Mingrelian: ყორყონტი (q̇orq̇onṭi)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 238
Марр, Н. (1910) “Яфетический k̇ в армянском языке [Japhetic k̇ in Armenian]”, in Записки Восточного отделения Русского археологического общества‎ (in Russian), volume 19 (1909), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, pages 155–156, connects to Old Armenian կոկորդ (kokord)
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 532
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 509

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