Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/buʒ-

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

Etymology

Compare Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒuʒu-.

Noun

*buʒ-

1. breast (female)

Descendants

• ⇒ Georgian: ბუძულაჲ (buʒulay) — Meskheti
• Zan:
  • Laz: ბუძი (bużi), ბუზი (buzi) — Vizha, Artasheni, ბუძუ (bużu)

See also

• *mḳerd-
• *ʒuʒu-

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 73
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 88