Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ʒ₁er-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan 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-Georgian-Zan

Noun

*ʒ₁er-

1. falcon, kite

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ძერი (ʒeri)
  • ⇒ Georgian: ძერა (ʒera)
    • → Bats: ძე̄რ (ʒēr)
    • → Mingrelian: ძერა (ʒera), ნძერა (nʒera)
• Zan: *ǯaǯ- ← *ǯar-
  • Laz: მჯაჯი (mcaci), მჯაჯე (mcace); მჭაჭი (mç̌aç̌i)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: *ჯაჯა (*ǯaǯa)
    • → Georgian: ჯაჯა (ǯaǯa) — Guria

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 285
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 624
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 184-185, connects with Svan ჟუ̂ი̄ნა (žûīna, “id.”)
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 604

Further reading

• Furnée, Edzard Johan (1979) Vorgriechisch-Kartvelisches: Studien zum ostmediterranen Substrat nebst einem Versuch zu einer neuen pelasgischen Theorie (in German), Editions Peeters, →ISBN, connects with Ancient Greek ζάρος (záros, “unknown kind of bird of prey”)
• Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 800, follow Furnée