Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/egr-

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.

*egr-

1. referred to Western Kartvelian tribes, namely Mingrelians

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.

• ⇒ Old Georgian: ეგრისი (egrisi, “Egrisi”), ეგრი (egri)

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *m-egr-el- (“Mingrelian”)
  • Old Georgian: მეგრელი (megreli)
    • Georgian: მეგრელი (megreli)
      • → Laz: მეგრელი (megreli)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: მარგალი (margali)
      • → Laz: მარგალი (margali)

• *kart-
• *s₁wan-

• 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