> Nice idea
>
> For example
> Germanic *sajwa "sea, lake"
> Cf. Kartvelian zGva "sea, lake"
>
> Or
> German Igel "hedgehog"
> Cf. Kartvelian zGar
>
> Arnaud
>
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>
Dansk Etymologisk Ordbog
igle ["leech"], MDa. egel, igel, No. igle, Sw. igel, MLG egel, OS, OHG
igil, Germ. Igel "hedgehog" (really "snake eater"), OE igel; from Gmc.
*eGila-, to which sideforms with i: like ON ígull, OHG i:gil, OE
i:gel: deriv. in *-ila, *-ula to IE *eg^hi- "leech", to which eg. also
Gr. échis "snake", Lith. ez^y~s, Gr. echi~nos "hedgehog".
Any similar "snake" words in Kartvelian?
What are your "translation rules" for loans from Kartvelian to
Germanic? Eg. for zG- ?
Torsten