Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ca-

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

Etymology 1

Noun

*ca-

sky

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ცაჲ (cay)
  - Georgian: ცა (ca)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ნცა (nʒa), მცა (mʒa) — Vizha, Artasheni, ცა (ʒa) — Khopa
  - Mingrelian: ცა (ca)
⇒ Svan: ცა̈̄შ (cǟš, “Thursday”, literally “of sky”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998), Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 261
Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 574
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 552―553

Etymology 2

Noun

*ca- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

elm

Alternative reconstructions

*caj- (Klimov)

Descendants

Proton-Georgian-Zan:
- Zan:
  - Mingrelian: ცი (ci), ცჷ (cə)
⇒ Svan: ცა̈̄ჲრა (cǟyra), ცა̈ჲრა (cäyra), ცა̄ჲრა (cāyra), ცაჰრა (cahra), ცაი (cai)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*caj-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 262
Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*ca-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 574–575
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*ca-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 553