Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/isl-

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

*isl-

1. sedge

Descendants

• Georgian: ისლი (isli)
• Zan:
  • Laz: ისირი (isiri), ისირ (isir), ისიი (isii), ისიჲი (isiyi)
  • Mingrelian: ისირი (isiri), ისჷრი (isəri), ისირე (isire), ლისირი (lisiri), ლასჷრი (lasəri)
    • → Svan: ისრ (isr)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 82
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 256–257
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 214