Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ḳowz-

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 edit

Noun edit

*ḳowz-

spoon

Descendants edit

Old Georgian: კოვზი (ḳovzi)
- Georgian: კოვზი (ḳovzi)
Zan:
- Laz: კუზი (ǩuzi), კიზი (ǩizi)
- Mingrelian: კიზი (ḳizi), კჷზი (ḳəzi), კოზი (ḳozi)
  - → Svan: კიზ (ḳiz)

References edit

Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 177–178
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 98