Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ireč̣-

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

*ireč̣-

1. snare, trap (for birds)

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ირეჭი (ireč̣i)
  • Georgian: ირეჭი (ireč̣i), ირეჯა (ireǯa) — obsolete
    • → Chechen: речӏа (rečʼa)
• Zan: *iranč̣ḳ- – obsolete
  • → Georgian: (Imereti) ირანჭკა (iranč̣ḳa), (Imereti, Guria) ირენჭკა (irenč̣ḳa), ერენჭკა (erenč̣ḳa)

References

• Danelia, Ḳorneli (1984) “Megrul-Č̣anuri leksiḳa S. S. Orbelianis leksiḳonši [Mingrelian-Laz vocabulary in S.S. Orbeliani's dictionary]”, in Tbilisis saxelmc̣ipo universiṭeṭis šromebi (in Georgian), volume 245, Tbilisi, pages 77–78
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 81
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 386–387
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 349