Etymograph

English

screeve

Screeve comes from Georgian მწკრივი ‘row, series’, and goes back to ივი ‘genitals’.

  1. Georgianmodernივი1‘genitals’
  2. Georgianmodernმწკრივი2mc̣ḳrivi‘row, series’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1985screeve2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Georgian მწკრივი
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English screeve
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1985, Alice C. Harris, Diachronic Syntax: The Kartvelian Case: “It has already been explained that the series in…”.

Lineage

  1. GeorgianmodernივიWiktionary, Georgian მწკრივი‘genitals’
  2. GeorgianmodernმწკრივიWiktionary, English screevemc̣ḳrivi‘row, series’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1985screeveWiktionary, English screeve. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1985, Alice C. Harris, Diachronic Syntax: The Kartvelian Case: “It has already been explained that the series in…”

Every English word from Georgian ივი

Today it means

noun In the grammar of Georgian and related languages, a combination of tense, aspect and mood. Occasionally used for non-Kartvelian languages.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “screeve”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Georgian მწკრივი. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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