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-

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
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: 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