< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan

Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ʒ₁wel-

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

Etymology

Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁w- (“to be old”) +‎ *-el

Adjective

*ʒ₁w-el-

  1. old, decrepit

Descendants
  • Old Georgian: ძუელი (ʒueli)
    • Georgian: ძველი (ʒveli)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ჯვეში (ǯveši), ჯუ̂ე (ǯûe), მჯვეში (mǯveši), ნჯვეში (nǯveši)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ჯვეში (ǯveši)

References
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 625–626
  • 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 606
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 286
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.