Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/parxw-

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.

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Georgian-Zan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Root

*parxw-

1. to crumble, make crumbly

Descendants

• Georgian: ფხვ-ნ-ა (pxv-n-a, “crumbling”), ფხვ-ნ-ი-ს (pxv-n-i-s, “he is crumbling smth”), და-ვ-ფხვ-ენ-ი (da-v-pxv-en-i, “I crumbled smth.”), ფხვ-იერ-ი (pxv-ier-i, “crumbly”)
  • → Mingrelian: ფხვიორი (pxviori)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ფორხვ-ა (porxv-a, “crumbly”), ფორღვ-ა (porɣv-a, id.), ფორღ-ო (porɣ-o)

Unsorted borrowings

• →⇒ Old Armenian: փխր-եմ (pʻxr-em)