Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/anc̣₁l-

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

Noun

*anc̣₁l-

1. dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian: ანწლი (anc̣li), ანწლიკა (anc̣liḳa) — Guria, Imereti
    • → Avar: анцӏили (ancʼili) (dialectal)
    • → Bats: ანწლ (anc̣l)
    • → Bezhta: анцӏили (ancʼili)
    • → Hunzib: анцӏели (anc̣eli)
    • → Laz: ანწკლი (anǯǩli)
    • → Ossetian: уанцъылы (wanc’yly), уанцъили (wanc’ili), манцъули (manc’uli)
    • → Tsakhur: аӏнцӏилий
    • → Tsez: гӏанцӏили (a̯anc’ili)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ინჭირი (inç̌iri), ინჭიი (inç̌ii), ინჭიჲ (inç̌iy), ინჭირა (inç̌ira)
    • Mingrelian: ინჭირი (inč̣iri)
    • → Armenian: օնջուռա (ōnǰuṙa) — Hamshen
• Svan: გა̈ნჭუ̂ (gänč̣û), განჭუ̂ (ganč̣û)

References

• Марр, Н. Я. (1912) “Тубал-кайнскiй вкладъ въ сванскомъ”, in Извѣстія Императорской Академіи Наукъ (in Russian), volume 6, page 1095―1098
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 3
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 37

Further reading

• Melikišvili, Irine (1975) “E > i ṗrocesi zanur dialekṭebši da xmovanta šesaṭq̇visobis erti darɣveva kartvelur enebši [E > i process in Zan dialects and the disturbance of vowel correspondences in the Kartvelian languages]”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 122―128