Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ʒ₁wel-

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

Etymology

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

Adjective

*ʒ₁w-el-

old, decrepit

Descendants

Old Georgian: ძუელი (ʒueli)
- Georgian: ძველი (ʒveli)
Zan:
- ⇒ Laz: ჯვეში (cveşi), ჯუ̂ე (cûe), მჯვეში (mcveşi), ნჯვეში (ncveşi)
- ⇒ 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 286
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 625–626
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 606