Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/el-

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *wel- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

Root

*el- (Klimov)

  1. to sparkle, to shine (of lightning)

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Svan: ჰელ (hel)

References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*wel-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 198
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*wel-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 158–159
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*el-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 46–47
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