Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/mz₁e-

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

*mz₁e-

Sun

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: მზჱ (mzē), მზეჲ (mzey), მზე (mze)
  - Georgian: მზე (mze)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: ბჟაჩხა (bjaçxa, “Sunday”, literally “Sun's day”)
  - Mingrelian: ბჟა (bža)
Svan: მიჟ (miž)

Derived terms

⇒? Proto-Kartvelian: *mz₁ware- (“sunny side”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 121
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 327―328
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 289