< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan

Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/dindgel-

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

*dindg-el-

  1. propolis, black beeswax

Descendants
  • Georgian: დინდგელი (dindgeli), ბინდგელა (bindgela)
    • → Bats: დიჼდგლაჸო̂ (dĩdglaʾô)
    • → Mingrelian: დინდგილი (dindgili)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: დინდგუ (dindgu, “resin, tar; propolis”)
    • Mingrelian: დგვინდგვი (dgvindgvi, “resin, tar”)
    • →⇒ Svan: დინდგუ̂ილდ (dindgûild, “resin, tar”)

References
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 41
  • 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 173–174
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 133–134
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