Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/mxul-

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

Noun

*m-xul-

lizard
Synonym: *s₁wel-

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: მხულივი (mxulivi)
  - Georgian: (Chveneburi) ხლივი (xlivi), ⇒ ხვლიკი (xvliḳi), ხლუ̈კ (xlüḳ); ხლიკი (xliḳi); ფხლიკვი̆ (pxliḳvĭ); სხვლიკი (sxvliḳi); ხლუკი (xluḳi)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: მხულული (mxululi), მხურული (mxuruli); მხალალი (mxalali); მხალარი (mxalari); ნთხოლარი (ntxolari)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ხვილარი (xvilari), ხველარი (xvelari), ხოლარი (xolari); ხვიარი (xviari)
Svan: ფხჷლ (pxəl)

References

Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Kommissionsverlag Franz Steiner GmbH, page 125, conflates this root with Proto-Kartvelian *s₁wel-
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 134
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, page 347
Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 247
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 307

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