Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/banʒ-

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

*banʒ-

1. thick hair

Descendants

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *banʒal-
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ბონძოლა (bonżola)
    • Mingrelian: ბოძორი (boʒori), ბონძორი (bonʒori), ბოძოძი (boʒoʒi)
      • →⇒ Georgian: ბონძვერა (bonʒvera, “shaggy, unclean dog”) — Guria
• ⇒ Svan: ბანძა̈ჲ (banʒäy), ბანძა̈რ (banʒär), ბანძა̈ (banʒä), ბანძაჲ (banʒay)

Related terms

• *banǯwal-
• *bandɣal-

References

• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 18 of 17–37