Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/xraš-

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

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*xraš-

1. crunch

Descendants

• ⇒ Georgian: ხრაშუნი (xrašuni), ხრაშუნებს (xrašunebs)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: ხუშქორი (xuškori), ხუშქორუა (xuškorua)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2009) “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 243 of 227–250

Further reading

• 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