Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒec̣₁n- / Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁ec̣₁(w)n- (willow).[1][2]

Noun edit

ძეწნი (ʒec̣ni)

  1. willow (Salix)
    Synonym: ტირიფი (ṭiripi)

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: ძეწნა (ʒec̣na), ძეძნი (ʒeʒni)
    • Mingrelian: ძერწი (ʒerc̣i)

References edit

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 286
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 595―596

Further reading edit

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ძეწნი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 525a