Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/naʒw-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *naʒ₁w- (Fähnrich, 2007)

Reconstruction

Uncertain.

According to Fähnrich, Mingrelian ნოჯი (noǯi) suggests that Proto-Georgian-Zan *naʒ₁w- should be reconstructed instead. That would mean that Svan ნეზუ̂რა (nezûra) is borrowed from Georgian and Mingrelian ნუზუ (nuzu), a doublet of ნოჯი (noǯi), must be a very ancient borrowing from Georgian for it to undergo უ < *ო < *ა (u < *o < *a) change.

Noun

*naʒw-

1. spruce

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ნაძჳ (naʒwi), ნაძუ (naʒu)
    • Georgian: ნაძვი (naʒvi)
      • → Bats: ნაძვ (naʒv)
      • → Ossetian: наз (naz), назты (nazty)
  • Zan:
    • >? Mingrelian: ნუზუ (nuzu), ნუძუ (nuʒu), ნუზჷ (nuzə)
• >? Svan: ნეზუ̂რა (nezûra), ნეზუ̂ (nezû)
• →? Old Persian: *nauciš (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Abajev, V. I. (1973) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 177–178
• Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 347–348
• Bielmeier, Roland (1994) “Sprachkontakte nördlich und südlich des Kaukasus”, in Roland Bielmeier, Reinhard Stempel, editors, Indogermanica et Caucasica: Festschrift für Karl Horst Schmidt zum 65. Geburtstag (in German), Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, pages 443–444
• Gudava, Ṭogo (1960) “O-s u-ši gadasvlis zogierti šemtxveva zanur (megrul-č̣anur) enaši [Some cases of transition of o into u in Zan (Mingrelian-Chan) language]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 25, number 1, Tbilisi, page 119―122
• Vogt, Hans (1988) Linguistique caucasienne et arménienne (Studia Caucasologica; II)‎^[1] (in French), Oslo: Norwegian University Press, page 130

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 354
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 315
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 139
• Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, pages 434–435