Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/cel-

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.

*cel-

1. to scythe, mow
2. scythe

• ⇒ Old Georgian: ცელი (celi, “scythe”), ცელვაჲ (celvay, “scything, mowing”)
  • Georgian: ცელი (celi)
    • →⇒ Andi: харисел (xarisel), хъалиссели (qˣalisseli), ххърцен (xqˣrcen), хъариса (qˣarisa), харицел (xaricel)
    • →⇒ Avar: харицел (xaricel), харилчер (xarilčer), хирисен (xirisen)
    • → Bats: ცელ (cel)
    • →⇒ Bezhta: халисен (xalisen), харцел (xarcel), харицел (xaricel)
    • → Chechen: цел (cel, “hoe”)
    • → Ingush: цел (cel, “hoe”)
    • → Khvarshi: цел (cel, “hoe”)
    • → Udi: цел (cel) (dialectal)
  • Georgian: ცელვა (celva)
• Zan:
  • Laz: ო-ნცალ-უ (o-nʒal-u)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: ცელი (celi, “scythe”), ცეი (cei), ცალი (cali), ცალუა (calua, “scything, mowing”)

• *berg-
• *toq-

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 262–263
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 577–578
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 554–555