An Indo-European Origin of Kartvelian Names for Two Maloid Fruits

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ID12844299
AuthorsRhona S H Fenwick (0000-0003-2951-6724, The University of Queensland, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume21
Issue3
Pages310-323
Publication date2017-10-12
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIran and the Caucasus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1573-384X • E-ISSN: 1609-8498
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/1573384x-20170306
OpenAlexW2761573820
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

The four living Kartvelian languages preserve a rich, largely inherited suite of terms for cultivated fruit trees. But many identifiable Indo-European loans are present even at the level of Kartvelian unity, which leads one to wonder to what extent intercultural exchanges may be responsible for this rich Kartvelian fruit-tree terminology. Here, I propose an etymological connection between Proto-Kartvelian names for the medlar and the domestic pear and suggest that both arise from a borrowing of Late PIE *( s ) h 2 éml - “apple, tree fruit”. I close by discussing this etymology’s implications for the chronology of IE-Kartvelian contact and for the phonetics of the PIE laryngeal * h 2

Ancient history · Archaeology · Asian studies · Biology · Botany · Central asia · Epistemology · Etymology · Homonym (biology · Language contact · Linguistics · Terminology · Wonder · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research

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