Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ʒanʒ-

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

Root

*ʒanʒ-

1. to be laden with fruits

Descendants

• ⇒ Georgian: დაძანძვა (daʒanʒva), დაძანძული (daʒanʒuli) (Guria, Imereti, Lechkhumi)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: დოძონძუა (doʒonʒua), დოძონძილი (doʒonʒili)

References

• Žɣenṭi, Sergi (1940) “Zanizmebi gurul zmnebši [Zanisms in Gurian verbs]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 225 of 223–232
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 277
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 608
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 587