Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/niǯgw-

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

*niǯgw-

1. beak

Descendants

• ⇒ Georgian: (Kiziqi) ნიჯგვა (niǯgva, “short wide-nosed man”), (Ksani Valley, Kartli) ნიჯგო (niǯgo, “man with flat nose”), ნოჯგო (noǯgo)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ნინძგი (ninʒgi), ნინძგვი (ninʒgvi), ნიძგი (niʒgi), ნჷძგჷ (nəʒgə), ნჷნჷძგჷ (nənəʒgə)
    • → Svan: ნჷნძგ (nənʒg)

See also

• *niḳ-el-
• *ničw-

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 361
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 322

Further reading

• Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz (1959) Giorgi C̣ereteli, editor, Sibilanṭta šesaṭq̇visobani da kartvelur enata uʒvelesi sṭrukṭuris zogi saḳitxi [Sibilant correspondences and some problems of the oldest structure of the Kartvelian languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis gamomcemloba, pages 1–86