ღჳძლი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *q̇wiʒ₁-l-, from *q̇wiʒ₁ (“to raise, wake, be awake”). Ultimately a cognate to Svan ყუიჟე (q̇uiže), which may also be related to Georgian ყვითელი (q̇viteli, “yellow”) (compare Old Georgian ყჳთელი (q̇witeli)).

Noun

ღჳძლი • (ɣwiʒli)

(anatomy) liver

Descendants

Georgian: ღვიძლი (ɣviʒli)
Mingrelian: ჸვიჟილი (ʾvižili)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 515
Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 242
čikobava, arnold (1938) č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳon [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008

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