Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ber-
Proto-Georgian-Zan
editEtymology 1
editNoun
edit*ber-
Reconstruction notes
editZan descendants presuppose an intermediate *ბაჯ- (*baǯ-) form, with a regular word-final *რ- → ჯ- (*r- → ǯ-) development; the forms then underwent deaffrication (cf., *c₁xwir-, *sir-). In Mingrelian it appears as a compound where the second part is დიდი (didi, “big”).
Descendants
edit- Old Georgian: ბერი (beri, “monk”)
- Zan:
References
edit- Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2020) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - VII [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - VII]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XVII, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 23 of 23–33
Etymology 2
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Noun
edit*ber-
- Alternative reconstruction of *bera-