Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ǯinč̣ar-

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

*ǯinč̣ar-

1. nettle

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ჯინჭარი (ǯinč̣ari)
  • Georgian: ჭინჭარი (č̣inč̣ari), ჯინჭარი (ǯinč̣ari), ჟინჭარ (žinč̣ar) — Ingilo, ჯიმჭარი (ǯimč̣ari) — Imereti, ზინჭარი (zinč̣ari) — Chveneburi
• Zan:
  • Laz: დიჭკიჯი (diç̌ǩici), დინჭკიჯი (dinç̌ǩici), დიმჭკიჯი (dimç̌ǩici), დიჭყიჯი (diç̌qici), დიშხიპი (dişxip̌i)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 344
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 727
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 715–716