Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ʒ₁ir-

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

Noun

*ʒ₁ir-

root, bottom

Descendants

Old Georgian: ძირი (ʒiri)
- Georgian: ძირი (ʒiri)
Zan:
- Laz: ჯიჯი (ǯiǯi)
- Mingrelian: ჯინჯი (ǯinǯi), ჯიჯი (ǯiǯi), ჯინი (ǯini)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 287
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 628–629
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 608–609

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