Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/zašw-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *sašw- (Q̇ipšiʒe, Čikobava, Klimov)

Noun

*zašw- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe, Gamq̇reliʒe–Mač̣avariani)

1. thrush (Turdidae)

Descendants

• Old Georgian: შაშჳ (šašwi) (← *ზაშვ- (*zašv-))
  • Georgian: შაშვი (šašvi)
    • → Bezhta: шашу (šašu, “swallow”)
    • → Udi: ч̍ач̍у (č̍ač̍u)
• Zan: *zeskw- ← *zeškw-
  • Laz: ზესკუ (zesǩu), მზესკუ (mzesǩu), მზესქუ (mzesku), ზემსკუ (zemsǩu), ზემსქუ (zemsku)
  • Mingrelian: ზესკვი (zesḳvi), ზესქვი (zeskvi)

References

• 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 118-119
• Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*sašw-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 162
• Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz, Mač̣avariani, Givi (1965) Sonanṭta sisṭema da ablauṭi kartvelur enebši [The system of sonants and ablaut in Kartvelian languages]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 63
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*sašw-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 163
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*zašw-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 209
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*zašw-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 168-169

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