Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/bɣwer-

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

*bɣwer- : *bɣwir-

1. to frown, grimace, look sternly

Descendants

• ⇒ Georgian: ბღვერა (bɣvera)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: ღვირინუა (ɣvirinua), ნდღვირინი (ndɣvirini)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 89
• Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, pages 297–298

Further reading

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 23, besides the obvious semantic differences, the linked Mingrelian ბურღინუა (burɣinua, “to growl; to speak loudly (boastfully)”) is also onomatopoeic (cf., Georgian ბრუხუნი, ბრახუნი (bruxuni, braxuni, “knocks, banging”)), so its connection to this root must be rejected