Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ʒ₁ir-

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

*ʒ₁ir-

1. root, bottom

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ძირი (ʒiri)
  • Georgian: ძირი (ʒiri)
• Zan:
  • Laz: ჯიჯი (cici), ჟიჟი (jiji) — Ghvant
  • 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
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 628–629
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 608–609