Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ḳowz-

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

*ḳowz-

1. spoon

Descendants

• Old Georgian: კოვზი (ḳovzi)
  • Georgian: კოვზი (ḳovzi)
• Zan:
  • Laz: კუზი (ǩuzi), კიზი (ǩizi) — Khopa, Chkhala
  • Mingrelian: კიზი (ḳizi), კჷზი (ḳəzi), კოზი (ḳozi)
    • → Svan: კიზ (ḳiz)

References

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 177–178
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 98