Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/šind-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms 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

*š(w)ind-

1. cornelian cherry (Cornus mas)

Descendants

• Georgian: შინდი (šindi), შვინდი (švindi), შუ̈ნდ (šünd) — Ingilo
  • → Avar: швинди (šʷindi)
  • → Bats: შვი^ნდ (šviⁿd)
  • → Bezhta: шулди (šuldi), шилди (šildi)
  • → Hinukh: шунди (šundi)
  • → Mingrelian: შინდი (šindi)
  • → Svan: შინდ (šind), შუ̂ინდ (šûind)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: სკინდი (sǩindi), სქინდი (skindi), სქიდონა (skidona, micro-toponym, literally “cornel grove”), შქიდონა (şkidona)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 555
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 532
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 252

Further reading

• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2022) “Ḳidev ertxel „gamq̇reliʒis c̣esis“ šesaxeb”, in Arnold čikobavas saḳitxavebi (in Georgian), volume XXXIII, Tbilisi, pages 28–35