Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/bal-

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

*bal-

1. wild cherry (Prunus avium)

Reconstruction notes

The descendants match each other regularly. Ultimately borrowed from an unknown Asiatic source. Compare Persian بالو (bâlu).

Descendants

• Georgian: ბალი (bali) (see there for further descendants)
• Zan: *bul- ← *bol-
  • Laz: მბული (mbuli)
  • Mingrelian: ბული (buli)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 7
• Marr, N. (1915) “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). II”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 9, number 9, page 826, footnote 3
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 92
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 46