Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/bal-

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Proto-Georgian-Zan

Noun

*bal-

  1. wild cherry (Prunus avium)

Reconstruction notes

The descendants match each other regularly. Ultimately borrowed from an unknown Asiatic source. Compare Persian بالو (bâlu).

Descendants

  • Georgian: ბალი (bali) (see there for further descendants)
  • Zan: *bul- ← *bol-

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 7
  • Marr, N. (1915) “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). II [Japhetic names of trees and plants (Pluralia tantum). II]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия‎ (in Russian), volume 9, number 9, page 826, footnote 3
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 92
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 46
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