Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/gul-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Root

*gul-

heart
core, center

Descendants

Georgian-Zan
- Laz: გური (guri), გუი (gui)
- Mingrelian: გური (guri), გურიჭითა (gurič̣ita, “robin”, literally “red-breasted”), გურაფა (gurapa, “to learn”)
- Old Georgian: გული (guli)
  - Georgian: გული (guli), ერთგული (ertguli, “faithful”)
Svan: გუ (gu), გუ̂ი (gûi), გვი (gvi)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 116
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 35
Starostin, S. A. (2005), “*gul-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages

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