Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ʒ₁uwan-
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This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian
Root
*ʒ₁uwan-
- to be in heat (of animals)
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: მძუვნობა (mʒuvnoba), მძუნაობა (mʒunaoba)
- Zan:
- ⇒ Laz: მე-ნჟულ-უ, მე-ჟუნდ-უ, მე-ნჯუდ-უ, მე-ჯუნდ-უ (me-njul-u, me-jund-u, me-ncud-u, me-cund-u, “kiss”)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: ჯუნა (ǯuna, “kiss”), ჯუნაფა (ǯunapa) — Zugdidi–Samurzakano, ჯუდა (ǯuda), ჯვიდა (ǯvida) — Senaki
- ⇒ Svan: ლიჯუ̂ა̈ნი (liǯûäni)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 290
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 631
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 611