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-

1. 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