Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/gul-

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

Root

*gul-

heart
core, center

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: გული (guli)
  - Georgian: გული (guli), ⇒ ერთგული (ertguli, “faithful”)
- Zan:
  - Laz: გური (guri), გუჲი (guyi), ⇒ ოგურუ (oguru, “to learn”)
  - Mingrelian: გური (guri), ⇒ გურიჭითა (gurič̣ita, “robin”, literally “red-breasted”), გურაფა (gurapa, “to learn”)
Svan: გუ̂ი (gûi), გვი (gvi), გუ (gu)

References

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, pages 155–156
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 116
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 35

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