Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/c₁wil-

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

*c₁wil-

1. wax

Reconstruction notes

The relation of Svan ჯუ̂იდ (ǯûid) to this root is uncertain. If it's related then a Proto-Kartvelian source is reconstructible instead.

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ცჳლი (cwili), ცჳნი (cwini)
  • Georgian: ცვილი (cvili), ცუ̈ნ (cün) — Ingilo, ცვინი (cvini) — Ingilo, ცინი (cini) — Fereydan
• Zan:
  • Laz: მჩირი (mçiri)
  • Mingrelian: ჩირი (čiri)

See also

• *dindg-el-

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 272
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 596
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 577