Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/guz-

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

*guz- ~ *gz-

1. to set on fire

Descendants

• Georgian: აღ-გზ-ებ-ა (aɣ-gz-eb-a), აღ-გზ-ნ-ებ-ა (aɣ-gz-n-eb-a), გიზ-გიზ-ი (giz-giz-i), მუ-გუზ-ი (mu-guz-i), მუ-გუზ-ალ-ი (mu-guz-al-i), ნი-გუზ-ალ-ი (ni-guz-al-i), გუზ-გუზ-ი (guz-guz-i)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: რზ-ამ-ა (rz-am-a), ვ-ო-რზ-ან-ქ (v-o-rz-an-k), ვ-რზ-ჷ-ქ (v-rz-ə-k), დო-რზ-ამ-ილ-ი (do-rz-am-il-i)
  • Laz: (დ)-ო-გზ-აფ-ს, (დ)-ო-გზ-ამ-ს, ო-გზ-აჲ ((d)-o-gz-ap-s, (d)-o-gz-am-s, o-gz-ay)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 30
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 154
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 115