Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/qund-

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.

*qund-

1. stocks, fetters, trap

• Old Georgian: ჴუნდი (qundi)
  • Georgian: ხუნდი (xundi)
    • → Armenian: խունդի (xundi)
    • → Mingrelian: ხუნდი (xundi)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: ოხუნჯუ (oxuncu, “to capture hawks”)
  • Mingrelian: ხუნჯი (xunǯi)

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