Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/pšal-

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

*pšal-

1. hop (Humulus lupulus)

Descendants

• Georgian: ფშალა (pšala), ფშალო (pšalo), ფშალე (pšale), მშრალა (mšrala) — Imereti, შრალაი (šralai) — Adjara
  • → Laz: ფშალი (pşali)
  • → Mingrelian: ფშალე (pšale), ფშალა (pšala), ფშალო (pšalo)
  • → Svan: ფშალაჲ (pšalay, “sprout; hop”)
• Zan:
  • Laz: ფშქველა (pşkvela, “alder”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 209
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 479
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 449