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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
Root
*egr-
- referred to Western Kartvelian tribes, namely Mingrelians
Reconstruction notes
In Svan there's no trace of this root, instead Svans refer to Mingrelians as მჷ-ზა̈ნ (mə-zän) which is similar to Ancient Greek Τζάννοι (Tzánnoi), a people of Colchis.
Descendants
Derived terms
- ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *m-egr-el- (“Mingrelian”)
See also
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 45, 118–119
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 185
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 145–146