Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/zrkel-

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

*zrk- (“to be thick, clumsy”) +‎ *-el

Adjective

*zrk-el- or *zirk-el-

1. thick, clumsy

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ზრქელი (zrkeli, “thick, stout”), სქელი (skeli)
  • Georgian: სქელი (skeli)
    • → Mingrelian: სქელი (skeli)
    • → Svan: სგელ (sgel), სკელ (sḳel)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ზირქალი (zirkali, “clumsy”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 61
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 218
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 178
• Abašia, Revaz (2014) “Sibilanṭur ponemata sisṭema kartvelur da daɣesṭnur enebši”, in Ḳavḳasiologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), number 7, Tbilisi, pages 51–52

Further reading

• Rogava, Giorgi (1984) Kartvelur enata isṭoriuli poneṭiḳis saḳitxebi. II [Problems in the historical phonetics of the Kartvelian languages. II] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 45