Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/mč̣ax-

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

Adjective

*mč̣ax-e-

1. sour, tart

Reconstruction notes

In Zan the expected -ჭკ- ← *-ჭ- (-č̣ḳ- ← *-č̣-) consonant cluster didn't develop due to the presence of -ხ- (-x-) in the stem, for more examples of this see *glaǯ-.

Descendants

• Georgian: მჭახე (mč̣axe)
• Zan:
  • Laz: მჭოხა (mç̌oxa)
  • Mingrelian: ჭვახა (č̣vaxa, “rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)”), ჭვახე (č̣vaxe, “bitter”) (← *(მ)ჭოხა (*(m)č̣oxa))

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 133
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 345–346
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 305–306