Etymological Research: K’aci (Man), Adamiani (Human)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32859/neg/15/7-15Keywords:
Kartvelian languages, etymology, typology, man, humanAbstract
-ian (possessive suffix in Georgian) is derived from the marker -ean, the function of which in the Old Georgian should have been to indicate the origin from someone from which the understanding of possession and succession should have developed: krist’-ian-i (Christian), mahmad-ian-i (Muslim), etc. (Shanidze 1953, 1976).
adamian-i (human), a descendant of Adam, a rational being.
Old Geo. adam-ean-i (A-1105, 83v – Abuladze, 1973: 2) and adam-ian-i (A-162, 15v – Sarjveladze, 1995: 1). It is derived from the proper name Adam with the suffix -ean / -ian. In the Old Georgian, k’aci (man) is common in this sense.
k’ac-i, human; man.
It has been recorded since the 5th century. It is of common Kartvelian origin.
Based on the correspondence Geo. k’ac- k’ac-i “man; husband”: Megr. k’oč- k’oč-i “man; husband”: Laz. k’oč- k’oč-i “man; husband”; k’oč-on-i k’oč-i “manly (real) man”: Svan. č’äš- / č’š- č’äš “husband”; č’äš-jak/le- č’š-Gr-i “fiancé” for the common Kartvelian level *k’ac1- archetype is reconstructed (Chikobava 1938; Klimov 1964; Fähnrich, Sarjveladze 2000; Fähnrich 2007; Kurdiani 2007; Chukhua 2008; Gigineishvili 2016).
Issues related to the understanding of the named concepts and typological parallels from different languages will be discussed in the paper.
