Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/zašw-

• *sašw- (Q̇ipšiʒe, Čikobava, Klimov)

*zašw-

1. thrush (Turdidae)

• Old Georgian: შაშუ (šašu)
  • Georgian: შაშვი (šašvi)
• Zan:
  • Laz: ზესკუ (zesǩu), მზესკუ (mzesǩu), მზესქუ (mzesku), ზემსკუ (zemsǩu), ზემსქუ (zemsku)
  • Mingrelian: ზესკვი (zesḳvi), ზესქვი (zeskvi)

• Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*šVnšV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, compares with Georgian შაშვი (šašvi, “thrush”), Georgian შოშია (šošia, “starling”)
• Čuxua, Merab (2007), “*zašw-”, in Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 568, additionally derives Georgian შოშია (šošia, “starling”) from Proto-Georgian-Zan *zašw- (“thrush”), further comparing Chechen шоршал (šoršal), сорсал (sorsal), шаршул (šaršul), Ingush сарсал (sarsal, “thrush”), Bats შორშაჼ (šoršã, “starling”)

• 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 118-119
• Климов, Г. А. (1964), “*sašw-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 162
• Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*sašw-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 163
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*zašw-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 209
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*zašw-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 168-169