Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/mančw-

*ma(n)čw-

1. badger

• Old Georgian: მაჩჳ (mačwi)
  • Georgian: მაჩვი (mačvi), მანჩვი (mančvi)
    • → Bats: მაჲჩუ̂ (mayčû)
• Zan:
  • Laz: მუმჩქვი (mumçkvi), მუნჩქვი (munçkvi), მუნჩქი (munçki), მუნჩხი (munçxi), მუნჭყი (munç̌qi)
  • Mingrelian: მუნჩქვი (munčkvi), მუჩქვი (mučkvi)
    • → Svan: მინჩქუ̂ (minčkû)

• Климов, Г. А. (1964), “*ma(n)čw-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 129–130
• Fähnrich, Heinz; Sardshweladse, Surab (1995), “*mačw-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Kartwel-Sprachen (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.29) (in German), Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, page 233
• Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*ma(n)čw-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 115
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*mačw-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 230
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 282–283

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 104–105
• Gudava, Ṭogo (1960), “O-s u-ši gadasvlis zogierti šemtxveva zanur (megrul-č̣anur) enaši [Some cases of transition of o into u in Zan (Mingrelian-Chan) language]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 25, issue 1, Tbilisi, page 119―122