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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ni-

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

Prefix

*ni-

  1. word-forming prefix of uncertain function, now unproductive in daughter languages

Descendants
  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: ნი- (ni-)
    • >? Zan: *ni- (see Proto-Georgian-Zan *niḳel-)
  • Svan: ნი- (ni-)

Derived terms
Proto-Kartvelian terms prefixed with *ni-

References
  • Topuria, Varlam (1938) “Kartvelur enata siṭq̇vac̣armoebidan: ne-, ni-, na- ṗrepiksebisatvis”, in Ṭpilisis saxelmc̣ipo universiṭeṭis šromebi‎ (in Georgian), volume VII, Tiflis, pages 90–91
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 142
  • 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 358–359
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 220–221
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