Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/megrel-

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

Etymology

*egr- +‎ *m- -el

Noun

*m-egr-el-

1. Mingrelian (person)

Descendants

• Old Georgian: მეგრელი (megreli)
  • Georgian: მეგრელი (megreli)
    • → Laz: მეგრელი (megreli)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: მარგალი (margali)
    • → Laz: მარგალი (margali)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 45, 118–119
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 185
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 145–146