Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/mančw-

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

*ma(n)čw-

1. badger

Descendants

• Old Georgian: მაჩჳ (mačwi)
  • Georgian: მაჩვი (mačvi), მანჩვი (mančvi) — Lechkhumi
    • → Bats: მაჲჩუ̂ (mayčû)
• Zan:
  • Laz: მუმჩქვი (mumçkvi), მუნჯღი (muncği) — Atina, Vizha, მუნჩქი (munçki) — Chanapeti, Lome, მუნჩქვი (munçkvi) — Lome, მუნჩხი (munçxi), მუნჭყი (munç̌qi)
  • Mingrelian: მუნჩქვი (munčkvi), მუჩქვი (mučkvi)
    • → Svan: მინჩქუ̂ (minčkû)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*ma(n)čw-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, pages 129–130
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sardshweladse, Surab (1995) “*mačw-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Kartwel-Sprachen (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.29) (in German), Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, page 233
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ma(n)čw-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 115
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*mačw-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 230
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 282–283

Further reading

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 104–105
• Gudava, Ṭogo (1960) “O-s u-ši gadasvlis zogierti šemtxveva zanur (megrul-č̣anur) enaši [Some cases of transition of o into u in Zan (Mingrelian-Chan) language]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 25, number 1, Tbilisi, page 119―122