Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/s₁wel-

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

    Probably from *s₁ow- (“to be wet”) +‎ *-el, in which case this root is the same as Proto-Georgian-Zan *s₁ow-el- (“wet, damp, soaked”).

    Noun

    *s₁wel-

    1. whey
      Synonym: *c̣ak-
    Descendants
    • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Svan: შუ̂ელ (šûel)

    References

    • Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962), Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 131
    • Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz (1959), Giorgi C̣ereteli, editor, Sibilanṭta šesaṭq̇visobani da kartvelur enata uʒvelesi sṭrukṭuris zogi saḳitxi [Sibilant correspondences and some problems of the oldest structure of the Kartvelian languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis gamomcemloba, page 17–18 of 1–86
    • Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 418–419
    • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 382

    Etymology 2

      Noun

      *s₁wel-

      1. lizard
        Synonym: *m-xul-
      Descendants
      • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
        • ⇒ Old Georgian: მსუენი (msueni)
          • Georgian: მსუენი (msueni), ფსვენი (psveni), ⇒ სვენა (svena), (contaminated with ხვლიკი (xvliḳi)) მსვლიკი (msvliḳi), სლიკვი (sliḳvi), ფსვლიკი (psvliḳi), სვლიკი (svliḳi), ფსვნიკი (psvniḳi), ფსლიკვი (psliḳvi), ფსლიქი (psliki)
        • Zan:
      • Svan: შუ̂ა̈ლ (šûäl)

      References

      • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003), Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 313
      • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 382

      Further reading

      • Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962), Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 125, conflates this root with Proto-Kartvelian *m-xul-
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