Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/z₁waw-

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

*z₁waw-

1. avalanche

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian: ზვავი (zvavi), ზოვი (zovi) — Pshavi, Mtiuleti, Fereydan, ზუა (zua) — Fereydan, შვავი (švavi) — Guria, Chveneburi (see there for further descendants)
• Svan: ჟა̈ჰ (žäh), ჟაჲ (žay), ჟა̈ (žä) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*z₁wa(w)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 64―65
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*z₁waw-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 223–224
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*z₁waw-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 183―184