< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan

Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ʒuʒu-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Georgian-Zan

Alternative forms
  • *ʒu- (Fähnrich, 2007)

Etymology

This root refers only to female breast, while Proto-Kartvelian *mḳerd- is a general term, used both for male and female breast.

The irregular reflex of Laz could be explained either by the symbolic nature of the word or by the influence of Greek βυζί (vyzí) and Greek βυζάνω (vyzáno) or Adyghe быдзы (bəʒə) and Kabardian быдзы (bəʒə).

The root is reconstructable only to a Proto-Georgian-Zan level, in Svan the word Svan დუდუ̂ლ (dudûl, “nipple”) comes from Proto-Kartvelian *dud-.

Root

*ʒuʒu-

  1. breast (female)

Descendants

References
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 598
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 281
  • Starostin, S. A. (2005), “*ʒuʒu-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages
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