Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/lʿʒ₁e-

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

Alternatie reconstructions

• *(s)ʒ₁e- (Klimov, 1998)

Noun

*lʿʒ₁e-

1. milk

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: სძჱ (sʒē), სძეჲ (sʒey), სძე (sʒe)
    • Georgian: რძე (rʒe)
  • Zan: *bǯa- ← *ǯa-
    • Laz: ბჯა (bca), მჯა (mca), მჟა (mja), ბჟა (bja)
    • Mingrelian: ბჟა (bža)
• Svan: ლჷჯე (ləǯe)

References

• Cagareli, Al. (1880) Мингрельские этюды. Второй выпуск. Опыт фонетики мингрельского языка [Mingrelian Studies. Part II. An Attempt at Phonetics of the Mingrelian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 62
• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 108
• Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 78―79
• Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 172―173
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 177―178
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 736―737
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 723―724