ნერწყჳ

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

ნერწყუ (nerc̣q̇u)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ne-rc̣₁q̣w-, formed by prefixing the verbal root *rc̣₁q̣w-. Ultimately of same origin as რწყევა (rc̣q̇eva), რწყვა (rc̣q̇va), etc.

Noun

ნერწყჳ • (nerc̣q̇wi)

spit, saliva

Derived terms

ნერწყუა (nerc̣q̇ua)
ნერწყუვა (nerc̣q̇uva)

Descendants

Georgian: ნერწყვი (nerc̣q̇vi)

References

Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 142
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 354
penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 392
abulaʒe, ilia (1973), “ნერწყჳ”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 327

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