Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ʒ₁uwan-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Root

*ʒ₁uwan-

1. to be in heat (of animals)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Georgian: მძუვნობა (mʒuvnoba), მძუნაობა (mʒunaoba)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: მე-ნჟულ-უ, მე-ჟუნდ-უ, მე-ნჯუდ-უ, მე-ჯუნდ-უ (me-njul-u, me-jund-u, me-ncud-u, me-cund-u, “kiss”)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ჯუნა (ǯuna, “kiss”), ჯუნაფა (ǯunapa) — Zugdidi–Samurzakano, ჯუდა (ǯuda), ჯვიდა (ǯvida) — Senaki
• ⇒ Svan: ლიჯუ̂ა̈ნი (liǯûäni)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 290
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 631
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 611