Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/zamtar-

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

*za- (“year, season”) + *mt-ar- (“to be cold”)

Noun

*za-mt-ar-

1. winter

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ზამთარი (zamtari)
  • Georgian: ზამთარი (zamtari)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ზოთონჯი (zotonǯi)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 56
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 166