Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/gz-

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

*gz-

to go

Reconstruction notes

On the basis of Georgian გეზი (gezi), sometimes one (Melikišvili, Čuxua) reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *gez-.

Descendants

⇒ Svan: ლი̄ზი (līzi, “go away”), ლა̄ზი (lāzi, “going away”), მე̄ზი (mēzi, “going”), ნა̄ზ (nāz, “gone”), ნა̄ზუ̂ (nāzû, “trace, track”)

Derived terms

⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *gza- (“road, path, way”)
- Old Georgian: გზაჲ (gzay)
  - Georgian: გზა (gza)
- Zan:
  - Laz: გზა (gza)
  - Mingrelian: ზა (za)
- ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *lʿa-gz-al- (“victual, provision”, literally “(victual) for the road”)
  - Old Georgian: საგზალი (sagzali)
  - Zan:
    - Mingrelian: ორზოლი (orzoli) (← *ოგზოლი (*ogzoli))

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*gza-, *(s)a-gz-al-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 30, 173–174
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 144–145
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 106–107
Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 104–105