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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/šwid-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian
Proto-Kartvelian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *šwid-

Etymology

Uncertain. Lots of reconstructed words for "seven" show similarities. Has been connected with Akkadian 𒐌 (IMIN /⁠sebē⁠/) from Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-[1][2][3] and Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥[2].

Numeral

*šwid-

  1. seven

Descendants
  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Svan: იშგუ̂იდ (išgûid), იშკუ̂იდ (išḳûid)

References
  1. Климов, Г. А. (1967) “Заимствованные числительные в общекартвельском? [Borrowed numerals in Common Kartvelian?]”, in Этимология‎ (in Russian), number 1965, Moscow, pages 307–310
  2. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 251
  3. Fähnrich, Heinz (1994) Grammatik der altgeorgischen Sprache (in German), Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, page 247
  • Климов, Г. А. (1977) “Картвельское *otxo- ‘четыре’ ~ индоевропейское *ok̂to- [Kartvelian *otxo- ‘four’ ~ Indo-European *ok̂to-]”, in Этимология‎ (in Russian), number 1975, Moscow, page 163 of 162–163
  • 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 554
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 531
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